The Critics
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
Sharp dressed man
Nick Cave sounds as good as ever
A silent crook
The recent restoration of Erich von Stroheim’s Foolish Wives shows that the original movie is astonishingly modern
The case of the legless duchess
A tale that proves the media and the public still thrill to an art theft
An American’s excellent essays
A set of fine programmes on the American bohemians who brought to life a great city on the cusp of significant change
Flatpack classic
Summer theatre where anything, including a return to rehearsal-room Brechtian, goes
Music to die for
The elegant narrative solution of suicide has had no greater cheerleader than opera
Mining the past
There is a deep appetite among Britain’s television audience for dramas that tackle complicated social issues