Wednesday 8 October 2008

 

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Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson suggests


Style and Travel

Beautiful luggage says as much about a person’s style as their clothes do, writes Juliet Nicolson

To the manner born

To the manner born

James Sherwood discovers a new meaning to the phrase ‘fashion house’

Home suite home

Home suite home

James Waldron investigates the new fashion for buying your own hotel room

The scars of war

The scars of war

Andrew Roberts is moved by the battlefields of southern Italy and the sacrifices made there

Americans in Paris

Americans in Paris

Kimberly Quinn visits her mum, who deserted Beverly Hills for the French capital

Arts

Playing games

Six Characters in Search of an Author
Gielgud

Riflemind
Trafalgar Studios

Confusing frolic

Confusing frolic

La Calisto
Royal Opera House

Tosca
Opera North, Leeds

Books

A very slippery book

A review of another biography of that tiresome poser, Lady Hester Stanhope, sent me back to Kinglake’s Eothen and the account of the visit he paid the Queen of the Desert, who dwelt in tents (as he found she didn’t) and reigned over wandering Arabs (which wasn’t the case either).

Stage-effects in earnest

Stage-effects in earnest

Churchill’s Wizards, by Nicholas Rankin

Style & Travel

All roads lead to Avignon

All roads lead to Avignon

Sarah Carr-Gomm on Avignon

La France profonde

Lindy Woodhead on Gascony

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

Clinton Democrats are to blame for the credit crunch

Our current financial turmoil is not the fault of greedy bankers, says Dennis Sewell. In fact, the banks were bullied into lowering their lending standards by left-wing idealists intent on equal opportunities at any cost

Dennis Sewell

The masters of the universe have turned to drink

The failure of the $700 billion bail-out has driven her former City-boy chums to despair, says Venetia Thompson. But they must rally soon to keep the market moving

Venetia Thompson

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