Friday 9 May 2008

Spectator 180th Anniversary Blog
 

The latest culture as recommended by our staff

Peter Hoskin

Pete suggests


Arts

Henrietta Bredin talks to the Young Vic’s David Lan and ENO’s John Berry about the joys of collaboration

Impressions of England

Charles Spencer remembers Sandy Denny

Iron Lady

Macbeth
Opera North

Punch and Judy
Young Vic

The Minotaur
Covent Garden

Don Giovanni
English Touring Opera, Cambridge

Spot the point

Spot the point

Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
12A, Nationwide

Perchance to dream

The Taming of the Shrew; The Merchant of Venice
Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Arts

Where  are we?

Where are we?

Tinderbox
Bush

The Year of Magical Thinking
Lyttelton

Capricious buyers

Marcus Berkmann on the tough world of pop.

Books

Llamas but no locals

P.J. Kavanagh reviews two books which deal with English community

Grace under fire

Grace under fire

Stanley Johnson on two books about exotic animals

Style & Travel

Islands in the sun

Islands in the sun

Christa D’Souza plans a Caribbean summer

French Lessons

French Lessons

Oscar Humphries learns the hard way

In this week's issue

Cameron gets ready for No. 10 — and Boris must wait his turn

David Cameron talks to Fraser Nelson about his local election triumphs, admits that he is not going to ‘agree on everything’ with the new Mayor of London, and says Boris should join the queue to become PM after him

Fraser Nelson

Obama failed this week as well as Clinton

James Forsyth says that Hillary’s disappointment in Tuesday’s primaries is matched by the decline in Obama’s image, as the sheen of the wunderkind fades and doubts multiply

James Forsyth

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