Elusive quest for impartiality
I would cavil at the curse of the presenter monologue, tending to sway the audience one way or the other, reveals Anne McElvoy
Radio cashes in on theatre’s loss
Radio drama is prone to over-signalling regional differences, says Anne McElvoy
A tasty tester for a better year
The Comeback is a gutsy British response to a period of glum hardship
Carving out a new genre
Digital theatre is now beginning to offer stalls-starved audiences the kind of quality work they would have queued to see live
Smart work from the Old Vic
The Old Vic shows the way
A playwright who aims big
Anne McElvoy on writers and players who can transfer skills to the small screen from the big stage
Waiting for – anything
Krapp’s last tape might these days be a collection of WhatsApps and stored Instagram images, muses Anne McElvoy
A long-term bet we must take
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the show will go on again; it always does
Running scared of religion
Shelley’s story prompts us to consider the relationship between The Almighty and man
Online drama can be a hit
Some of the shortcomings of the theatre turn to benefits in digital translation
Grizelda Buncome
Peripatetic creative writing tutor
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
The Foreign Office should be rooted in the past
Who and what is it for, if not the British people, and our history and culture?
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
Dear Keir, get real
Instead of announcing grand new doctrines, it’s time for a very British realism
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
