A Digby Dent Christmas
Walking around the dreary streets of the city, I worry what we’ll leave behind us in this annus horribilis
Paywall
Wednesday
The long legacy of looting
A history of rioting in Chicago
Charles Brown’s Christmas
’Tis the season for collectible vinyl
Nietzsche and Wagner
Strong vines for the festive season
Mrs Badgery
A short story
The twelve courses of Christmas
Usually an odd number of cheeses is de rigueur, but on this occasion, we must serve exactly eight
It’s good for your elf
A history both naughty and nice
Monday
Elvis and Nixon, the odd couple
The day the president met the King
Sunday
The great lost Beatles album
It’s a real shame the Christmas flexis have not had a proper, all-on-one album release
Saturday
The fight for liberalism
American hegemony in the service of a liberal world order no longer protects our civilization
Dead letters
The Battle of the Classics: How a Nineteenth-Century Debate Can Save the Humanities Today by Eric Adler reviewed
Friday
Hate in a damp climate
The Denial by Ross Clark reviewed
Persimmon on permission
Not the only orange fruit
Wednesday
Christmas at the manor
Happy Christmas, y’all
Sunday
The wonder of Wagner
There is indeed greatness in much of Wagner’s music. Pace Herr Nietzsche, he could write rhythm
Friday
The women who argued against their right to vote
The 19th Amendment is a matter of Upstate New York regional pride
Wednesday
Biden’s speech impediment
The President-elect has honesty issues
Tuesday
Republican resurrection
Trump will leave the party in much better shape than Bush did
Monday
Brace yourselves for President Harris
She occupies an eyrie on the far left of the Democratic party
Friday
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
