The Critics
A devil to relish
The stories that tell us that women are damned if they play the game of sexual availability and just as doomed if they don’t
Killer roles
The Dungeons & Dragons romp-com
Boney’s PR man
Antoine-Jean Gros: the artist behind Napoleon’s image
Chaos captivates
The newest season of Fauda is the most complex and thus the most satisfying so far
Radio 2 is now beyond my Ken
What used to work, and what listeners enjoyed, is no longer the most important consideration for the decision-makers in Radio
Going for a song
In true bel canto, the only important thing is the voice, the song
Just do the bloody show
Rusalka, Royal Opera House
Killer jokes
The Unfriend explores how closely good and evil can live in cosy accommodation
A genius who could say “no”
The things Beethoven never did
Taking the piss
If you’re going to be provocative, people are going to be provoked
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing
It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
