The Critics
Beneath Disney’s Hood
Robin Hood marked the beginning of a steep decline for the much-loved brand
Palin was a rare Radio 4 treat
The triumph of Michael Palin’s Book of the Week and the tragedy of Radio 4 comedy
Divine trickery
Jephtha, Royal Opera House
Passionate subjectivity
La traviata, ENO, Coliseum
Resurrecting Lavery
The decline of Sir John Lavery’s reputation was undeserved
Does the Turner Prize still matter?
This year’s exhibition offers a diversity of style if not of ideology
Have I seen the future of music?
On a performance in three dimensions for all five senses
Missing the point
Why opera needs fictional dead women
Rock benediction
Make-Up gig is a matter of performance
A novel collector
The legacy left by art collector and novelist Hugh Walpole
Sue her
A mad week of misgendering, arson, and Wetherspoons coming out
Collapse of the cordon sanitaire
The success of nationalists is shaking European politics
Children of the apocalypse
When you tell young people that the end of the world is coming, what do you expect them to do?
The Golden Age of jockeys
Ryan Moore is most racing professionals’ idea of the best jockey in the world
The Conservatives deserve to be taught a lesson
Bad behaviour has to come with consequences
Money troubles
At stake is the fate of the most-watched football league in the world
The stultification of the liberal mind
Ed Davey’s anti-political campaign is darker than it looks
Dancing around the issues
Who won? Certainly not the country
Night of the ghost fascism
If a far right protest is rumoured but no one turns up, can it be counter-protested?
We must punish the parents
How should France tackle the problem of repeat juvenile offenders?
