Rebooting the Bard
Technological forces shall ensure the emergence of an altogether more “relatable” Bard, fittingly diverse in origin
Lest we forget …
The writing’s on the wall for lowly folk still silly enough to consider themselves “creatives”
Mean Mr Sheen’s jibe
Held up as a paragon of virtue, he reassuringly confirms he remains as catty as the rest of us
A murder mystery
Matters were interrupted by an onstage dizzy spell, later unhelpfully diagnosed as a “cardiac arrest”
Parable of the talent
Was there ever a more dispiriting line-up of Scrooges than those offered to festive audiences in 2024?
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
No golden years
A tragedy in four words: Baby Boomer, still working
Lone danger
One certainly wouldn’t expect anything resembling loyalty from the wolves running “Theatreland”
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Peston’s inbox
It’s all nonsense, and none of it happened, and I can’t remember it, and it’s not what it looks like
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess