February 2025


Book Review January 24, 2025

Did Bernard Mandeville deserve his reputation?

The philosopher John Callanan argues that the Man-Devil title was not entirely unfair

Bryan Appleyard

Books January 24, 2025

Why Goethe matters

It is difficult to think of any area of modern life which is not anticipated in Faust

A.N. Wilson

Film January 24, 2025

The luck of Barry Lyndon

Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 picture was ridiculed on release. Fifty years later, it is considered a masterpiece

Alexander Larman

Film January 24, 2025

Why we dramatize history — and why we should stop

The melding of truth and fiction is both culturally limiting and the kind of dangerous terrain which breeds conspiracy theories and fake news

Georgia Heneage

Theater January 24, 2025

Doomers looks at what AI means for the future

Someone — I forget who — suggested the idea of my play as a joke, and I thought it was a good one

Matthew Gasda

Books and Arts January 24, 2025

This month in culture: February 2025

What to watch this February

The Spectator