Wintour’s chill, p34
ARTS
40
Craig Raine
Poets on film
42 Television
Conversations with Friends;
Floodlights
James Walton
44 Classical music
Leipzig Gewandhaus/Nelsons Richard Bratby
45 Cinema
Benediction
Deborah Ross
46 Podcasts & radio
Kermode and Mayo’s Take; The Essay: Adrian Edmondson Daisy Dunn
Theatre
The Breach; The Dwarfs
Lloyd Evans
47 Pop
Spiritualized; Pillow Queens Michael Hann
48 Exhibitions
Venice
Martin Gayford
Red alert, p30
LIFE
LIFE
53
High life Taki Low life Jeremy Clarke
54
Camille Ralphs ‘Veni Sancte Spiritus’: a poem
56
Real life Melissa Kite Bridge Janet de Botton
57
Wine club Jonathan Ray
AND FINALLY . . .
50
Notes on… Bowls Michael Simmons
58
Chess Luke McShane Competition Lucy Vickery
59
Crossword Mr Magoo
60
No sacred cows Toby Young Battle for Britain Michael Heath
61
Sport
Roger Alton Your problems solved Mary Killen
62
Food Tanya Gold Mind your language Dot Wordsworth
Beware of the Mogg, p10
I am, according to my wife, ‘the laziest person I’ve ever met who actually does things’. Taki, p53
This is the ideal restaurant for parties of nine who want nine different types of cuisine, and I warmly recommend it to the Labour party. Tanya Gold, p62
‘Every day in this store,’ the till at Marks and Spencer’s had told me in a tone indicating that I might be interested, ‘someone gets their shopping for free.’ Yes, I thought, it must be that bloke that exits pursued by the security man. Dot Wordsworth, p62
CONTRIBUTORS
Ivo Dawnay, who writes about Boris Johnson’s hair on p14, is a journalist and the Prime Minister’s brother-in-law.
Sara Wheeler is the author of Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia with Pushkin, Tolstoy, and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age. She writes about the Russian civil war on p30.
Craig Raine writes about
Edna St Vincent Millay on p32. His most recent book is My Grandmother’s Glass Eye: A Look at Poetry.
Horatio Clare, who writes about the history of madness on p32, is the author of the memoir Heavy Light: A Journey Through Madness, Mania and Healing.
Michael Simmons is The Spectator’s data journalist. On p50 he writes about the fierce competitiveness of lawn bowls.
