The Critics

From naturalism to the supernatural

Stereophonic is a terrific, thought-provoking piece about the creative process while A Midsummer Night’s Dream sees some incredible stage debuts

The painter with the X factor

Be careful what you wish for

Groomed: the shaming of a nation

Channel 4’s shocking, enraging and at times nauseating investigation

Graceland: collab or colonialism?

Paul Simon fell foul of the anti-apartheid lobby

Cruise control on a thrilling ride

Real stunts deliver an excitement that CGI can’t

Wagner saga just keeps on giving

Richard Wagner, it appears, had Nazism thrust upon him

The brilliance of Richard Thompson

What sounds like two guitars overlaid in the studio is all coming from him

Bum deal

The Queen of Spades, Garsington

The fading clout of the scholarly connoisseur

Does quality matter today when considering art?

Some composers are rightly obscure

There is a place for marginal composers — it’s on the margins