diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ddfb9f5..3cd045e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [9.5.0] - Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+
+- If file is not specified on Console then the Console.file will return the current sys.stdout
+
+### Added
+
+- Added stderr parameter to Console
+- Added rich.reconfigure
+
 ## [9.4.0] - 2020-12-12
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/examples/spinners.py b/examples/spinners.py
index 68585b00..9daf847c 100644
--- a/examples/spinners.py
+++ b/examples/spinners.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from rich.spinner import Spinner, SPINNERS
 all_spinners = Columns(
     [
         Spinner(spinner_name, text=Text(repr(spinner_name), style="green"))
-        for spinner_name in sorted(SPINNERS.keys())
+        for spinner_name in sorted(SPINNERS)
     ],
     column_first=True,
     expand=True,
diff --git a/rich/__init__.py b/rich/__init__.py
index dbb9da61..acf068e8 100644
--- a/rich/__init__.py
+++ b/rich/__init__.py
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ def get_console() -> "Console":
     return _console
 
 
+def reconfigure(*args, **kwargs) -> None:
+    """Reconfigures the global console bu replacing it with another.
+
+    Args:
+        console (Console): Replacement console instance.
+    """
+    from rich.console import Console
+
+    new_console = Console(*args, **kwargs)
+    _console.__dict__ = new_console.__dict__
+
+
 def print(*objects: Any, sep=" ", end="\n", file: IO[str] = None, flush: bool = False):
     r"""Print object(s) supplied via positional arguments.
     This function has an identical signature to the built-in print.
diff --git a/rich/console.py b/rich/console.py
index 481f597d..1fd87ebd 100644
--- a/rich/console.py
+++ b/rich/console.py
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ class Console:
         force_terminal (Optional[bool], optional): Enable/disable terminal control codes, or None to auto-detect terminal. Defaults to None.
         force_jupyter (Optional[bool], optional): Enable/disable Jupyter rendering, or None to auto-detect Jupyter. Defaults to None.
         theme (Theme, optional): An optional style theme object, or ``None`` for default theme.
+        stderr (bool, optional): User stderr rather than stdout if ``file `` is not specified. Defaults to False.
         file (IO, optional): A file object where the console should write to. Defaults to stdout.
         width (int, optional): The width of the terminal. Leave as default to auto-detect width.
         height (int, optional): The height of the terminal. Leave as default to auto-detect height.
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ class Console:
         force_terminal: bool = None,
         force_jupyter: bool = None,
         theme: Theme = None,
+        stderr: bool = False,
         file: IO[str] = None,
         width: int = None,
         height: int = None,
@@ -459,7 +461,8 @@ class Console:
 
         self._color_system: Optional[ColorSystem]
         self._force_terminal = force_terminal
-        self.file = file or sys.stdout
+        self._file = file
+        self.stderr = stderr
 
         if color_system is None:
             self._color_system = None
@@ -478,6 +481,7 @@ class Console:
         self.safe_box = safe_box
         self.get_datetime = get_datetime or datetime.now
         self.get_time = get_time or monotonic
+        self.stderr = stderr
 
         self._record_buffer_lock = threading.RLock()
         self._thread_locals = ConsoleThreadLocals(
@@ -489,6 +493,18 @@ class Console:
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"<console width={self.width} {str(self._color_system)}>"
 
+    @property
+    def file(self) -> IO[str]:
+        """Get the file object to write to."""
+        file = self._file or (sys.stderr if self.stderr else sys.stdout)
+        file = getattr(file, "rich_proxied_file", file)
+        return file
+
+    @file.setter
+    def file(self, new_file: IO[str]) -> None:
+        """Set a new file object."""
+        self._file = new_file
+
     @property
     def _buffer(self) -> List[Segment]:
         """Get a thread local buffer."""
diff --git a/rich/file_proxy.py b/rich/file_proxy.py
index b0aa0ba2..98911806 100644
--- a/rich/file_proxy.py
+++ b/rich/file_proxy.py
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ class FileProxy(io.TextIOBase):
         self.__buffer: List[str] = []
         self.__ansi_decoder = AnsiDecoder()
 
+    @property
+    def rich_proxied_file(self) -> IO[str]:
+        """Get proxied file."""
+        return self.__file
+
     def __getattr__(self, name: str) -> Any:
         return getattr(self.__file, name)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_rich_print.py b/tests/test_rich_print.py
index 9fc611e2..18467c6b 100644
--- a/tests/test_rich_print.py
+++ b/tests/test_rich_print.py
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ def test_get_console():
     assert isinstance(console, Console)
 
 
+def test_reconfigure_console():
+    rich.reconfigure(width=100)
+    assert rich.get_console().width == 100
+
+
 def test_rich_print():
     console = rich.get_console()
     output = io.StringIO()