spectator april 2022

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April 2022

High Life

The joylessness of Joan Didion

The author took herself extremely seriously

By Taki

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Low Life

The healing power of medieval austerity

After a morning at a 15th-century priory, and lunch at the Café de France, I rejoined the ranks of the alive and well

By Jeremy Clarke

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London Life

The rise of the Busy People

The world needs busy people to keep turning — and someone has to pick up the tab

By Cosmo Landesman

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American Life

A eulogy for the Democrats of yore

Remember the last invigorating spasm before the body of the party achieved corpsehood?

By Bill Kauffman

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Prejudices

The ultimate human futility of sports

Sports would not have survived Classical Greece and the Roman Empire

By Chilton Williamson, Jr.

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