David Bowie is bigger than ever
His stature as rock music’s greatest iconoclast shows no sign of being threatened
Books & Arts
The return of Lindsay Lohan
Falling for Christmas looks bound to be tragicomic and artless pulp, but so what?
The shock value of Lena Dunham
She was the low-culture Mary Tyler Moore
Murillo the masterful
The Spaniard’s painterly skill outshines his congenital weakness for schmaltz
Joyce Carol Oates, a woman for all seasons
She remains one of American literature’s great survivors — and provocateurs
Think autofiction is easy? Think again
There are relatively few rules beyond (perhaps) a disregard for plot
The return of Cormac McCarthy
Arguably America’s greatest living novelist is back with two novels
The Spectator’s 2022 Books of the Year
Our writers weigh in
Ebony and ivories
The Piano Lesson puts its characters first
