The Critics
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work