The Critics
No common or garden sculptor
Canova’s influence on cultural heritage should not be overlooked
In search of the real Mahler
How Mahler’s music is about living in the moment
Feelbad anthem
Liz Truss does indeed “move on out”
Doctor in a spin
West End zingers on stage now
Films for free
The digital preservation of thousands of Polish feature films and documentaries is a gift to international film culture
Pity and terror
A powerful, moving adaptation of Puccini
Eastern promise
Three worthy TV shows now streaming that allow you to zip around the world with a few clicks
Sack the lot at rotten Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is drowning in a puddle of self-willed mediocrity
Don’t shoot the pianists, protect them
Conductors should leave accompanying to the collaborative pianists
Verdi shines, despite everything
A gloomy production of a glittering opera
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
The war on women’s spaces
Roxanne Tickle’s legal triumph is nothing to giggle at
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
