The Critics

Magic moments

A bomb dropped into the frightful world of mid-Victorian musical entertainment

Beef stew

Drake might be literally alive, but in terms of reputation, this was a murder

Stubbs at flay

His controlled charnel house gave the painter a peerless understanding of horses

Telling tales out of school

Is it really about sex, race, generational hierarchies — or the changeable nature of student-teacher relationships?

Cowboy quartet

A new screen Western is always welcome

Toffs, trials and tradecraft

The best police procedurals unpeel the place where the drama unfolds

Communication breakdown

Young journalists will learn nothing from this drivel

Lords of the wrestling ring

Professional wrestling podcasts have become almost as popular as wrestling itself

£355 for Glasto but opera’s elitist?

Reverse snobbery is the order of the day

Gelding: the pros

Bring back the castratos? Might as well