The Critics
The dark side of Constable
His paintings have greater depth than fashion has supposed
Diva and the Dane
The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre delves into the relationship of an acting power couple.
Stravinsky’s reputation is in freefall
Norman Lebrecht re-examines the life and legacy of Stravinsky.
Rap’s dilemma
Sarah Ditum unwraps the rap culture war.
The wild north
On screen savage battles, middle-aged villains, decline and disease are reviewed by Robert Hutton
Into thin Air
A pro-capitalist cinematic curiosity
Risky liasons
From Syria to Spain
Proper pro opera
Fun with fear and failure
Micro niche
The best piece of pop
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
Confessions of a Melbourne Bus-Fare Evader
I am become bus, destroyer of bourgeois class consciousness
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Why the Conservatives will be anti-woke
Standing up to the thought police is key to making change
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
