Saturday 22 November 2008

 

The latest culture as recommended by our staff

Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson suggests


Business

George Trefgarne argues that nationalisation undermines fundamental principles of honesty and trust in banking

Twelve steps to market meltdown

Twelve steps to market meltdown

Stephen Vines says stock markets may seem wildly volatile at times of crisis, but they always follow a pattern

Any Other Business

My hopes for America lie less in Obama- mania, more in Vaud and the Villains

‘These clouds will have a silver lining’

‘These clouds will have a silver lining’

Judi Bevan meets Sir John Parker, who chairs National Grid and the Court of the Bank of England — and takes an optimistic view of the deepening recession

Boom and bust

So many ways to say we’re in trouble

Arts

Due discretion

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

Glorious gadgets

Glorious gadgets

Is Christmas creeping up on you, unawares? Again? Have you found yourself, even at this late hour, facing a nil-all draw as far as presents bought, and presents asked for, is concerned? Never mind.

Books

Myth-maker at work

Myth-maker at work

The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington, by Jennet Conant

Extraordinarily ordinary

Extraordinarily ordinary

Wartime Courage: Stories of Extraordinary Courage by Ordinary People in World War Two, by Gordon Brown

Style & Travel

Climb every mountain

Climb every mountain

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

The mad hatter

The mad hatter

Joseph Connolly reveals a life-long obsession with hats

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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