The Critics

Ship of fools

A summer of ecstatic, eccentric and not-so-operatic audiences at opera fringe

Take the Bizkit

How Woodstock ’99 foreshadowed the MAGA masses of 2016

A bumpy flight

Sheridan’s The Rivals plot is taken to different heights

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