French politician calls for return of Statue of Liberty
Trump’s White House says, ‘non monsieur’
Spectator Life
An intelligent mix of culture, style, travel, food and property, as well as where to go and what to see.
Notre-Dame rising
The rebuilt and revitalized Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris is nearly complete. Will it appease the traditionalists?
October 23, 2022
The buildings Richard Nickel championed
None were so dear to him as architect Louis Sullivan’s
December 1, 2021
Is woke Notre-Dame the future of Christianity?
The torched cathedral is being given a coat of secular modernist paint
August 11, 2021
Cuomo by design
The governor’s aesthetic abuse of New York
March 9, 2021
From Prussia with love
The Humboldt brothers inspired Berlin’s museums — and London’s too
October 25, 2020
The sorry history of London’s Hoover Building
Several other Thirties buildings from American firms survive in west London
October 11, 2020
The perception of doors
Take hope, ye who enter here
September 3, 2020
Welcome to the District of BLMbia
Time’s up for the nation’s capital
May 17, 2020
The renaissance of the porch
You could not ask for a more perfect COVID cloister
February 6, 2020
Trump should build to last
People who live in glass boxes shouldn’t throw stones
October 20, 2019
Secrets of the maestro
The first major American exhibition of Andrea del Verrocchio confirms that he was a Renaissance innovator, and more than Leonardo’s teacher
