Bach and forth
The Score – Theatre Royal Haymarket
Steve Coogan and the phantom of Sellers
Denied the chance to play his comedy idol in a biopic, the Alan Partridge star has found another way
Otherworldly talents
Long live the golden age of British television, when great actors imbued classic roles with risky, multifaceted complexity
Tragic hero of Drury Lane
This meticulous account gives Frederick Chatterton a deserved and belated spotlight
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unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?