The Critics
The delicate art of sampling
Every reference you pick up on opens a new horizon
Big, dumb and full of fun?
“Operation Mincemeat” does not quite live up to the hype
The life and death of Queer Art
Queer culture turns to nostalgia and death
When the Nazis occupied Britain
When necessary engagement becomes collaboration is an unspoken question
Curiously inconsequential
Rodelinda, at Garsington Opera, lacks real attention to character or relationship
Bonfire of the vanities
The Covent Garden Semele uses the bad-faith tricks of the director’s shabby trade
Will anyone follow the Lieder?
Other singers presented Lieder recitals; Fischer-Dieskau personified the art form
Lets hear it for Rattigan again
The consummate playwright of the obscure workings of the human heart
Transhumanist trauma with Ed Atkins
The transhumanist optimism of virtualisation that characterised recent decades has hard yet fleshly limits
Theatre as rock concert
Hamlet Hail To The Thief is so nearly a classic
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers