The comedy writer turned culture warrior tells us about his struggles to stage his hit sitcom spectator.co.uk/article/an-exc…

A masterly new translation of Kafka's diaries reminds us that he wasn’t solely the prophet of a century of dehumanisation spectator.co.uk/article/the-wr…

All That Glitters is not just a cashing-in exercise. It also is a lacerating critique of the contemporary art market spectator.co.uk/article/my-bri…

It's quite likely that Fauré once tinkled the ivories in The Spectator offices, writes Richard Bratby spectator.co.uk/article/when-f…

I worry Romesh Ranganathan might not have enough work spectator.co.uk/article/i-worr…

In the age of AI, the tangible and handmade are making a comeback – visit the college at the heart of this tactile revolution spectator.co.uk/article/the-cr…

Rose Boyt describes posing naked over many nights – supplied with purple hearts by Freud to keep her awake – and her shock on finally seeing the result spectator.co.uk/article/the-or…

Meet the musicians trying to revive French-language pop spectator.co.uk/article/meet-t…

Pevsner was right: the destruction of John Soane’s Bank of England was one of British architecture's greatest losses spectator.co.uk/article/forget…

Thoroughly enjoyed Michael Volpe OBE ‘s chewy, lively and wide-ranging memoir Do I Bark Like A Dog - a topical exploration of immigrant identity politics spiced with plenty of operatic anecdote: spectator.co.uk/article/pure-p… Review Spectator Culture

The rewards of being the ‘asylum capital of the world’ spectator.co.uk/article/the-re…

Former opera critic Rupert Christiansen explains why the work of Wagner now makes him feel nauseous spectator.co.uk/article/why-i-…

Why have we spent the past 45 years – which is longer than I’ve been alive – making seven different versions of the same film? spectator.co.uk/article/please…

The first part of Rogan's set from Majestic Theater, San Antonio, was dedicated to how Texans were truly the most wonderful people in the world, & none more wonderful than the ones who’d paid to see him live at the Majestic Theater. This went down well spectator.co.uk/article/about-…

Compared with Mars or any of the known planets, Earth’s surface is a riot spectator.co.uk/article/whoeve…

How did we ever come to accept the inhumane excesses of neoliberalism? spectator.co.uk/article/how-di…

Something of the viscerally direct communication at the heart of the theatrical experience is being sacrificed to the ingenuity of sound designers spectator.co.uk/article/the-un…

A great review by Graeme Thomson of Lana Del Rey’s set at Leeds in this week’s issue. ‘She is the Ava Gardner of the ketamine age. A dozen David Lynch films in sound’ spectator.co.uk/article/the-av…

‘For those of a certain age and sensibility, Lawrence is our Peter Pan, our Ziggy Stardust, our Taylor Swift.’ Me on Will Hodgkinson’s fabulous new book Street-Level Superstar for The Spectator Spectator Culture. spectator.co.uk/article/the-gr…

The terrible story of what happened to Northern Ballet's #Geisha which you would all love and should see. Kenneth Tindall 𝙰 𝚕 𝚎 𝚡 𝚊 𝚗 𝚍 𝚛 𝚊 𝙷 𝚊 𝚛 𝚠 𝚘 𝚘 𝚍 Gwyneth Hughes David Nixon. My piece The Spectator. #culturalappropriation #Japan #ballet The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation The Japan Society spectator.co.uk/article/how-cl…