Thursday 20 November 2008

 

The latest culture as recommended by our staff

Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson suggests


Life and Lives

Poetic justice

Real life<br />

Real life

Putting the boot in

Low life

Rogue quartet

High life<br />

High life

Love story

Dear Mary

Your problems solved

Arts

Mystery of the missing tapes

Mystery of the missing tapes

Selina Mills on how some newly discovered tapes give us a glimpse into the life of Agatha Christie

Due discretion

During the two previous recessions it was not unknown for Rolls-Royce and Bentley owners to replace their cars covertly.

Books

Recent audio books

To some of us solitude may be sitting on a park bench amidst a bustling city.

A scandalous woman

A scandalous woman

Lady Worsley’s Whim, by Hallie Rubenhold

Style & Travel

Spain’s secret kingdoms

Spain’s secret kingdoms

Few tourists see the buildings, birds and flowers of Leon and Burgos, says Simon Courtauld

Climb every mountain

Climb every mountain

Jeremy Clarke tries the high life at the Carlton hotel, St Moritz

The Spectator Parliamentarian Awards
Spectator Book Club
The Spectator Billabong
In this week's issue

Thank goodness we can have a run on the pound when we need one

Martin Vander Weyer looks ahead to next week’s Pre-Budget Report and reflects on George Osborne’s contentious remarks about the devaluation of sterling. It looks like Gordon Brown is getting away with his borrowing binge — leaving the Tories isolated

Martin Vander Weyer

I loved Oliver Stone’s Bush film — and I know why the critics hated it

The movie W. did not provide the crude anti-Bush agitprop that the reviewers craved, says Rod Liddle. This was precisely its strength: we need to get inside the minds even of those we most deplore

Rod Liddle

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