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‘The Spectator has, since its founding in 1828, always stood on the side of free expression and thought. Without those freedoms, civilized society will quickly fall apart.’
Books February 1, 2020
The prophetic Raymond Chandler
Chandler’s California is a cultural desert stretching along the western edge of a continental wasteland
Art February 1, 2020
Wells farrago: gaslighting the Invisible Man
Priapic shower-stalking and domestic haunting were never Wells’s style – not on the page, anyway
Books February 1, 2020
The way we read now
The thrill is gone for lovers of fiction. Joseph Bottum on the strange death of the novel
Art February 1, 2020
Land of hope and Victoria: The Kinks’ lost empire
By 1969, Churchill was dead and the Kinks, as an album group, were toast
Art February 1, 2020
J’accuse…!
The banning of Roman Polanski’s film about the Dreyfus affair is history repeating itself
Art February 1, 2020
‘I aspire to write for posterity’
Tom Stoppard talks about inspiration, growing older and his new play, Leopoldstadt
Books February 1, 2020
The Italian job
A House in the Mountains: The Women Who Liberated Italy from Fascism by Caroline Moorehead reviewed
Books February 1, 2020
Winter wonderland
The Frozen River: Seeking Silence in the Himalaya by James Crowden reviewed
Books February 1, 2020
‘A system at odds with the Constitution’
A conversation with Christopher Caldwell about America today
Architecture February 1, 2020
Roger Scruton: a year in which much was lost – but more gained
Despite everything, I have so much to be grateful for
Art February 1, 2020
Comedy in the era of Twitter outrage: An interview with Ricky Gervais
The comedian on why he will never apologize for his jokes
