THE CLASSIC #13

Once again, our team has been hard at work. In addition to issue 13, we have also created a boxset, containing the first 12 issues of The Classic, plus a special 48-page supplement, entitled Through a Glass, Darkly. The phrase is from 1 Corinthians 13:12. The comma doesn’t appear in the 1560 Geneva Bible, “For now we see through a glass darkly” but was added in the 1611 King James Bible.

The boxset is limited to 250 numbered copies and unlike the regular issues of
The Classic, Through a Glass, Darkly won’t be made available as free download, nor will the articles be published anywhere else. In short, if you want to read the articles in the supplement, you’ll have to buy the boxset. Inside, you will find a two-page advert for the boxset, listing the articles in the supplement.

And there’s another reason to buy the boxset. The Classic is a free magazine but it’s not free to produce, print and ship. Despite advertising, it’s nowhere close to breaking even. The boxset is a way to recoup some of the now considerable costs that have been incurred. Your support would be appreciated.

And issue 13? Our publisher Bruno Tartarin is interviewed and we welcome Laura Leonelli to the team. I’m very grateful to her for the in-depth interview with
Claudia Baroncini, director of the Alinari Foundation. The foundation has been on my must-cover list for a long time, as has Stephen Daiter, interviewed in this issue
by Mary Pelletier. I also wish to thank Michael S. Sachs, Nick Warr, Les EpouxP, Sean Sexton, and finally, our director Mike Derez and graphic designer Jasmine Durand.