Cate and cast soar in The Seagull
Chekhov’s masterpiece tragicomedy re-tooled
Stormy weather at the climate talks
Werner Herzog shows the delegates the stars above the rainforest
The good book?
The show is a handy barometer of changing sensitivities about free speech in comedy
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Telling tales out of school
Is it really about sex, race, generational hierarchies — or the changeable nature of student-teacher relationships?
A rollicking, great Kiss Me Kate
Musical and artistic brio can transcend the “problematic”
Sein oder Nichtsein
What a pairing Hüller and Fiennes would make
“Trad” theatre can still feel fresh
West End strikes a balance between keeping their spine and nostalgic appeal, whilst avoiding creakiness
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On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it