The classic narrative structure of “One Thousand and One Nights,” which saw a woman who marries a prince with a penchant for killing his brides extend her own life via a series of riveting stories, ...

‘When a white jogger is raped by black youths in Central Park, Dinkins – not Ravitch or Goldin or Giuliani or Koch – has to answer for the behaviour of the perpetrators’ – Joe Klein, New York Magazine ...