Friday 21 November 2008

 

The latest culture as recommended by our staff

Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson suggests


Christa D’Souza plans a Caribbean summer

Arts

Could do better

Could do better

Body of Lies
15, Nationwide

Depth to the dynamics

Triple Bill
Royal Opera House

Books

New light on a dark age

New light on a dark age

Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom, by Tom Holland

Books Of The Year

Books Of The Year

A further selection of the best and worst books of 2008 , chosen by  some of our regular reviewers

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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