The Critics
Polish lessons for Ukrainian reconstruction
What can the Ukrainians learn from post-war Warsaw?
Aryan idol
On the surprising legacy of an iconic eleventh century sculpture.
Moscow rules
The machinations of Russian regime are dramatised in a new play.
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.
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles
Single-sex toilets are essential if we are going to respect women’s personal space
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
