The Critical Canvas
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history