The Critics
Requiem for London’s music
How London has lost its place as a classical music capital.
The cat in a hat
A colourful glimpse into a dramatic feast of sex and death
Be more Wham!
What men today can learn from the success of a 1980s pop duo.
Acting his age
What happens to film franchises when action heroes age?
Summer viewing
Top television recommendations for the summer from Adam LeBor
Remembering an unfashionable writer
BBC Radio 4 attempts to resurrect fallen literary figures.
Why it’s time to drop Don Giovanni
Mariame Clément’s new production of Don Giovanni falls prey to modern mores.
BBC embattled in Donmar’s latest
A new production delves into the tense relationship between the BBC and Stanley Baldwin’s government.
We are indebted to Otto Klemperer
On the extraordinary talent of a troubled composer
Perfect, plastic, pop princesses
The performance art of selling sterile sex
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
