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Tragic hero of Drury Lane
This meticulous account gives Frederick Chatterton a deserved and belated spotlight
Down with corporate feminism!
There’s more to feminism than how many women are on the FTSE100 — Mary Ann Sieghart’s new book does a disservice to working-class women
George Osborne: the British Museum’s highest-profile exhibit?
As the architect of austerity against culture and the arts, is the former Chancellor really the right man for the job?
Nino Rota: Chamber music (Alpha)
Norman Lebrecht gifts five stars for this “astonishing” revival of work from the late, great film composer, Nino Rota
Chips with everything
There is a way to serve pasta and potatoes — with garlic
The wisdom of the old traditions
The Unbroken Thread is an engaging and entertaining read — but it feels like a project that’s only just beginning
The regeneration game
A hideous babel of gimmicky buildings that scream: “Me! Me! Me!”
Etta Parsloe
Twitter vigilante
The death of the English literature degree
Thanks to “critical theory”, the study of English literature has become overrun with boring academics who hardly inspire the next generation
Woolf: heart or brain?
Unfettered praise of Virginia Woolf as a “liberated writer” has paved the way for an inexplicably popular type of bad writing