June 2024


Book Review May 15, 2024

A skillful retelling of one of World War Two’s most dramatic stories

Nahlah Ayed transports the reader to World War Two as experienced by the brave SOE agents who landed behind enemy lines

Mark Piesing

Books May 15, 2024

Christopher Priest was a grievously underrated novelist

His career represented a sequence of missed opportunities for the world beyond his chosen genre to recognize his skill and quiet profundity

J.S. Barnes

Art May 15, 2024

Was the psychedelic art movement worth it?

This month marks the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of hippie culture itself

Amelia Butler-Gallie

Music May 15, 2024

The individualistic talents of the Pet Shop Boys

The eccentricity and idiosyncrasy of Britain’s most commercially successful duo should be cherished and extolled

Alexander Larman

Theater May 15, 2024

The new revival of The Wiz is psychologically bland

The original cultural punch of the 1970s production has been replaced with gaudy, empty commercialism

Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

Art May 15, 2024

The digital Ozymandias: Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian on his mission to make Giza last forever

‘I’d like to say we’re trying to be the repository for Giza’s past, Giza’s present and Giza’s future’

William Newton

Books and Arts May 15, 2024

This month in culture: June 2024

Our guide to what should be on your radar

The Spectator