Life & Arts coverage from Spectator USA
The reimagining of the American university
A college in Oklahoma has turned academia into an Atwoodian nightmare
Keep the modernists away from the Notre-Dame restoration
Reconstructions should aim to recreate and not transform the earlier style
The case for cultural appropriation in food
Russian cuisine borrows from other cultures and doesn’t look back
I admire the scale and ambition of Game of Thrones – but isn’t it just a little bit corny?
The ability to keep us entirely in the dark as to how it will all end is impressive, but there is a tendency towards tin-eared dialogue
The comedy and tragedy of Trump
Just imagine what an intelligent writer could do with Trump’s presidency
My friend’s death taught me what Easter really means
Albert was always well turned-out, but he let slip one day that it took him four hours to get dressed
The holy pedigree of cats
Despite there being no mention of them in the Bible, cats have a prestigious holy pedigree in Christianity
Astrology apps are the safest place for venture capitalists to invest
Have you seen what else they put their money into?
I embrace my White Guilt, and so should you
The amount of opportunities I have as a white male are staggering compared to those of a PoC
Thank God for western values
The debt of the contemporary West to Christianity is more deeply rooted than many assume
Notre-Dame is a sign of the times
When it reopens, Notre Dame will be even more a museum, even less a shrine
Who would have thought Michael Avenatti was a greedy porn lawyer?
His case should be an admonitory tale
Roger Scruton: An apology for thinking
I am forced to acknowledge what a mistake it is to address young leftists as though they were responsible human beings
Pastor Pete and the politics of religion
Referring those who disagree with you to the Almighty isn’t a political statement, it’s a theological one
