The Spectator - 29.02.2020

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A monumental staircase

in a vaulted interior with

columns, c. 1750–55,

by Piranesi

Martin Gayford — p46

Mark Cocker describes

a passionate naturalist’s

descent into criminality

Duncan Fallowell recalls

the refreshing informality

of interviewing Andy

Wa rhol

James Walton finds Marina

Lewycka’s latest novel so

bonkers as to be almost

exhilarating

Antonio Pappano lets slip

that there’s a new Ring

cycle on its way at the Royal

Opera House

Lloyd Evans encounters

comedy gold in Ben Elton’s

stage adaptation of Upstart

Crow

Deborah Ross is captivated

by Portrait of a Lady on Fire

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