The world’s greatest band return to Liverpool — do they still have it?

Virtuosity amidst violence

A brilliant new work walks the thorny path of motherhood

British prison sentences must be taken with a generous pinch of salt

Romeo finds himself overcome by a sense of utter hopelessness

You’ll own nothing, and you won’t be particularly happy about it

A new performance of a Janacek opera takes one to the moon and back

The LGBTQ+ lobby is making up “scientific” facts to win arguments

Yukio Mishima concealed his poignant political commentary in a run-of-the-mill science fiction novel

Patrick Galbraith’s debut offers a quirkily enjoyable journey through a netherworldly Britain