Saturday 4 July 2009

 

The latest culture as recommended by our staff

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Arts

James MacMillan explains why he hates the assumption that he is a liberal left-winger

Omega watch

Omega watch

Beyond Bloomsbury: Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913–19
Courtauld Institute, until 20 September

A curate’s cornucopia

A curate’s cornucopia

Was television in Seventies Britain that good? Is today’s better? James Walton investigates

Poor old thing

On the Saturday night of Glastonbury festival I wasn’t off my face in a field listening to some banging techno, but at the Museum of Garden History watching the noted harpsichordist William Christie and two marvellous sopranos perform songs by Purcell.

Going digital

Going digital

There was much talk (or you could say waffle) about expenses, salaries and the Ross/Brand affair when Steve Hewlett interviewed the BBC’s DG, Mark Thompson, for The Media Show last week (Radio Four).

Arts

Omega watch

Omega watch

Beyond Bloomsbury: Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913–19
Courtauld Institute, until 20 September

A curate’s cornucopia

A curate’s cornucopia

Was television in Seventies Britain that good? Is today’s better? James Walton investigates

Books

Desolation by the sea

Desolation by the sea

This is How, by M. J. Hoyland

Transcontinental satires

Transcontinental satires

Jerusalem, by Patrick Neate

Style & Travel

The Grand Tours<br />

The Grand Tours

Charlotte Metcalf reports on the art you can enjoy on your travels this year

In love with Aphrodite Hills

In love with Aphrodite Hills

Kate Newman relaxes in a sophisticated ‘CentreParcs’ on Cyprus


Spectator Book Club
In this week's issue

To become an extremist, hang around with people you agree with

Cass Sunstein — co-author of the hugely influential Nudge and an adviser to President Obama — unveils his new theory of ‘group polarisation’, and explains why, when like-minded people spend time with each other, their views become not only more confident but more extreme

Cass Sunstein

Who would have thought a herd could moonwalk?

The acclaimed web theorist, Mark Earls, says that the death of Michael Jackson unleashed the extremes of collective action: mass mourning and sick jokes

Mark Earls

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