Look east, old man
To the Lake is the right kind of Russian interference
Books & Arts
Night at the museum
Is the Baltimore Museum of Art exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to sell off major modern paintings?
A tinpot Caesar
Mussolini’s War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943 by John Gooch reviewed
The Ryan Gattis guide to Lynwood
A virtual visit in the author’s beloved Los Angeles
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
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 great lost Beatles album
It’s a real shame the Christmas flexis have not had a proper, all-on-one album release
It’s good for your elf
A history both naughty and nice
Mrs Badgery
A short story
Charles Brown’s Christmas
’Tis the season for collectible vinyl