The Critics

The man who saved Italy’s art

The man, the schemes and the burglar-alarmed fortress that kept Italy’s artistic legacy away from German acquisition

Family troubles

Frecknall’s Streetcar is a commendable, if not stellar outing

A college in tune with the times

How music colleges need to adjust to the twenty-first century

Romcom revival

Making romcoms modern: plausible obstacles to happiness and a broadening of vision

Animation grows up

Jibaro is an artistic triumph

It’s not for kids

Children are always unwelcome in Opera, except in The Magic Flute

Dem bones, dem sky-high bones

Dinosaur skeletons have stalked their way out of the museum world and into that of well-heeled collectors

A hellhole Noël

Stalag 17 followed by Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life is an ideal festive double-bill

Midnight’s mass

Taylor Swift’s talent for ordinariness that makes her the most exceptional artist at work today

Bragg shows what is possible

A show worth the licence fee by itself