This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
A great tribute to a giant of the theatre
Two major revivals of Tom Stoppard’s work
Is the “George R. R. Martin effect” real?
Can we expect a Song of Ice and Fire or a damp squib?
Intriguing flaws
Man and Boy, Dorfman Theatre
Why are republicans still so unsuccessful?
With bad news upon bad news for the royal family, why do its political opponents remain so obscure?
High Noon is a disappointing evening
Westerns, like science fiction and pornography, are a genre best left to film
Stage fright
The National Theatre’s new season is concerning for theatre fans
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense