FROM THE MAGAZINE

October 2020

The Spectator would like to make one appeal in this tumultuous year: for America to keep faith in democracy.’

Books

Monumental Mahler

The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910 by Stephen Johnson reviewed

By Philip Hensher

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Art

Morals and mortality

How will we remember the great musicians of the past?

By Emily Ferguson

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Art

Still painting after all these years

While others have postured, Paul Resika has kept on painting

By Andrew L. Shea

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Architecture

The perception of doors

Take hope, ye who enter here

By Benjamin Riley

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Books

French letters

Twentieth Century Paris: A Literary Guide for Travellers (1900-1950) by Marie-José Gransard reviewed

By Patrick Marnham

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Books

Modern English

The Blind Light by Stuart Evers reviewed

By Alex Preston

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Books

Small is beautiful

A Lover’s Discourse by Xiaolu Guo reviewed

By Mike Cormack

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Art

The art of the presidency

What are the major artworks of the Trump years?

By Will Lloyd

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Art

Out of Nam’s way

In country, Down Under

By James Delingpole

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Art

Old soul rebel

Kevin Rowland, decades after Dexys, is still running

By Michael Hann

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Books

Mart and marketing

Martin Amis has written another autobiography — sort of

By D.J. Taylor

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Books

The eyes have it

Renaissance and Baroque Art: Selected Essays by Leo Steinberg reviewed

By Eric Gibson

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Books

A river runs through it

Magdalena: River of Dreams by Wade Davis reviewed

By Hugh Thomson

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