The Critics
Living in the Eighties
An exhibition of photos from a pivotal decade interests and exhausts
Art sales slump
Real world issues have quenched the post-COVID euphoria
Charli’s carefree bratitude
This is music for people who are tired of being careful
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
More than one way to skin a cat
The thing about formulae is that they’re an aid, not a guide
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
The reality of assisted dying, an open letter
A plea to MPs to vote against this dangerous law
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
In defence of the stiff upper lip
Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them
Marriage matters
We have to fix the foundations of the family
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
