The Critics
Remnant Rubens
A provincial folk artist offers an alternative view of Georgian society
I love a “dream home” nightmare
What disasters will strike the family next? You almost expect a tsunami
The intimacy of thoughts
An excess of technology burdens a cerebral adaptation
What Lowry saw in the sea
The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm
Whole lotta Love
She makes your average rapper look like a Quaker
Revolution in the air
Andrea Chénier, Royal Opera House
Bedlam bingo
Sex, death, sado-masochism and blasphemy in a heady cocktail
This was a bad start to the week
More work for the BBC pronunciation unit
Sein oder Nichtsein
What a pairing Hüller and Fiennes would make
Reboot camp
In the desperate hunt for stories, adaptations are now all-dominant
Remember the Armenians
The West has turned its back on the world’s oldest Christian state
The gender wars have not been won
“No debate” has been defeated — but the debate is still ongoing
In defence of hereditary peers
We should preserve Britain’s magical eccentricity
Having a bad Bey
If you’re going to jettison the essence of the song, why even bother?
Dune and progressive media illiteracy
Leftist moralism obscures thematic depth in its frantic rush to judge
Sensitivity of a high order
Sibelius and Prokofiev: Violin concertos (Decca)
Slaying gay culture
How trans activists took over the once worthy gay rights struggle
Welcome to butter mountain
Labour’s extraordinary predicted majority might disappear almost as quickly as it arrives
Why “buffer stocks” don’t work
Yet again, economists have failed to understand Smith
Every argument for Israel
Answering the case against Israel point-by-point
Women can have short hair, too
Pseudo-progressives are resurrecting gender stereotypes
