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Thursday 4 December 2008

Barclays Wealth
 

The latest culture as recommended by our staff

Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson suggests


Don’t judge a book by its cover

Christian House

5th December, 2007

The Journal of Dora Damage by Belinda Starling

A love story

Daniel Swift

5th December, 2007

Spitfire: Portrait of a Legend by Leo McKinstry

A choice of first novels

Archie Bland

5th December, 2007

A selection of works from new authors

Life & Letters

Allan Massie

5th December, 2007

A Kipling novel that still defies comprehension 

Mill! thou shouldst be living at this hour

Samuel Brittan

28th November, 2007

John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand by Richard Reeves

Christmas funny books

Bevis Hillier

28th November, 2007

Stocking fillers

A criminal waste

Graham Stewart

28th November, 2007

The Road to Southend Pier by Ross Clark

A Poem

28th November, 2007

Alan Brownjohn

A long way from Rome

Adrian Goldsworthy

28th November, 2007

Caesar: A Life in Western Culture by Maria Wyke

His own short story

Charlotte Mitchell

28th November, 2007

The Unbearable Saki: The Work of H. M. Munro by Sandie Byrne

A false dawn

Frank Field

28th November, 2007

Best for Britain? The Politics and Legacy of Gordon Brown by Simon Lee

The parent trap

Charlotte Moore

28th November, 2007

Slam by Nick Hornby

The call of the wild

Oliver Gilmour

28th November, 2007

Sibelius by Andrew Barnett

Sinister levity of an all-seeing spider

Richard Shone

28th November, 2007

Edward Burra: The Twentieth-Century Eye by Jane Stevenson

Disgusted of Donegal

Patrick Skene Catling

28th November, 2007

Asking for Trouble by Patricia Craig

The loss of enchantment

Nicholas Harman

28th November, 2007

The Magic Circle: Performing Magic Through the Ages by Michael Bailey

A very English domesticity

Simon Baker

28th November, 2007

Collected Poems by Anthony Thwaite

Alternative reading

Gary Dexter

28th November, 2007

Gary Dexter

Books of the Year

Spectator reviewers

21st November, 2007

A further selection of the best and worst books of the year, chosen by some of our regular contributors

The volcano’s resonant rumble

Sam Leith

21st November, 2007

Ezra Pound, Volume I by A. David Moody

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