The Critics
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
When painters lose their sight
How the loss of vision can both help and hinder artists
We don’t need another (super)hero
The shrinking world of the superhero franchise film.
Diamond geezers in Antwerp
From crime dramas to political thrillers, Adam LeBor reviews television from across the world
The Sagan standard
Liverpool’s Biennial rhetoric forgets about art
A fresh face for an old friend
The National Portrait Galley’s renovation doesn’t disappoint, bringing light and space to tell the story of the nation
What survives of love
A splendid exhibition explores the history of romance
Declining figures
British museums and galleries have yet to recover from Covid.
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
Don’t let it go
Communal singing is good for the soul
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
The party that fell for a lie
The WEP is unable to give a straight answer to the question: what is a woman?
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
