December 2020

‘In any democratic system the perception of fairness matters nearly as much as the real thing. And if Trump’s voters are mistaken in thinking their candidate was robbed, they are correct to think that America’s voting system is in dire need of reform.’


Art December 1, 2020

Has politics turned Netflix viewers off?

If you want to understand the spectacular implosion of liberalism over the past five years, all you need is a Netflix subscription

Will Lloyd

Books December 1, 2020

Feline intelligence: the complicated world of Mary Gaitskill

In a simplifying age, Mary Gaitskill writes about complex relationships — as well as fashion, fiction, sex and cats

Sam Leith

Books December 1, 2020

The Spectator’s Books of the Year 2020

The Spectator’s writers and friends recommend the best books, richest reads and most pandemical page-turners of 2020

The Spectator

Art December 1, 2020

Mostly ghostly: Henry James haunts Bly Manor

If you’re hoping for a show that requires your blanket be used to cover your eyes, skip this one

Amber Duke

Books December 1, 2020

The Ryan Gattis guide to Lynwood

A virtual visit in the author’s beloved Los Angeles

Jamie Collinson

Books December 1, 2020

A tinpot Caesar

Mussolini’s War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943 by John Gooch reviewed

Ian Thomson

Art December 1, 2020

Night at the museum

Is the Baltimore Museum of Art exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to sell off major modern paintings?

Andrew L. Shea

Art December 1, 2020

Look east, old man

To the Lake is the right kind of Russian interference

James Delingpole