The Critics
Multiple moans from the get-go
The americanisation of the BBC
Spring to life
April in London has a number of operatic things that look kind of fun
Once more with Gustavo
“Orchestra makes right call” shock!
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
How Putin uses history as a weapon
Russia’s new Tsar has rewritten the national story
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Red lines
Fighting Ulster’s flag downgrade
Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
How many will talk themselves into asking for a parent’s early death if money is involved?
Why won’t Chris Whitty go away?
He lingers on — a slap-headed Rasputin whispering terrible ideas into the ears of our leaders
More than one way to skin a cat
The thing about formulae is that they’re an aid, not a guide
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
