The Critics

The year the mob called the tune

So much political meddling in music and so little resistance

Puzzles, Picassos and prophecies

Untangling this jumble is aesthetically pleasurable, but vexing intellectually

Lashings of child-murder

Our reviewer enjoys two very different approaches to killing

Do the Slow Horses stay the course?

Hopefully season five will not end in a creative cul-de-sac

Entrancing in the dark: Boss biopic

For Springsteen fans, this stuff is all gravy

Case closed

The Makropulos Case, Royal Opera

Literate, satirical, witty and romantic

Neil Hannon is one of the true greats of songwriting

An antic Dane and a lame Sloane

Two artistic directors are launching their first seasons at the South Bank

Nun gives new opera mass appeal

Heggie’s secret in Dead Man Walking is that operatic music doesn’t actually have to be much good

The nun’s tale

Dead Man Walking, English National Opera, Coliseum