The boy on the hillside
A short story by Susan Hill
Books and Arts
Sunday
Monday
Star Wars: the force a-weakens
In space, no one can hear you yawn
The call of the wild
Pod help you in the wilderness
Monday
The Spectator’s Books of the Year 2019
Spectator contributors choose their favorite titles of 2019
Friday
The haunting of Russell Kirk
The founding father of 20th-century American conservatism was also a connoisseur of the supernatural and a bestselling novelist
We are all Greta now
A lot of children’s literature today is horribly right-on
Wednesday
Leonardo da Virtual
Mass tourism has overwhelmed our major museums. Could virtual reality be the solution?
Sunday
The pod delusion
Why I hate all podcasts — even the ones I like
Payton’s place
Netflix’s The Politician is satire without purpose
Tuesday
Tough gospel: the twin cities of Sesame Street and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is the world we have lost: grandparents, honest jobs and Sunday school teachers
Thursday
A motel room of one’s own
Adman to American existentialist: Edward Hopper at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Friday
Brazilian wax
Before the Beatles were boss, there was bossa nova
Wednesday
Audio blitzkrieg
‘Motörhead, remember me now’
Tuesday
The perfect crime
Once true crime has you by the listicles, you’re compelled to return to the scene
Monday
Is Lou Reed a rock ’n’ roll Dostoevsky?
I’ll Be Your Mirror: The Collected Lyrics by Lou Reed reviewed
A vacation in a hell of a state
North Korea Journal by Michael Palin reviewed
Tuesday
Top Boy wins the turf war
Top Boy reviewed
Wednesday
If only Georges Simenon had been a bit more like Maigret
The pipe-smoking detective’s creator was a sex addict who died rich and lonely in a vast Swiss château
Sunday
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
Saturday
Grandpa, who were the Rolling Stones, and why?
Raising the goblet of rock
