Contemporary debates over the “suitability” of many operas leaves us with only English productions

Streaming services contain a wealth of overlooked foreign-language war stories

A vast global market in stolen and forged art and artefacts has only grown in the context of the pandemic, but technology and international policing may be catching up

The ENO’s production of The Valkyrie may lack flames, but it is convincing nonetheless

Bernard Haitink, who died last month, was a conducting master

While belly-laughs are not frequent, there’s terrific fun to be had in this massive soap-opera-style family melodrama

Pitchfork was one of a whole ecosystem of taste-making blogs which laid claim to being the ones who had made del Rey

The new owner of Antoinette’s jewellery will not just get exquisite gems but a provenance that is equally perfect and poignant

Christopher Silvester on two extraordinary films from Eastern Europe shown at the London Film Festival

Now that the BBC has a taste for turning its own scandals into prime time ratings, I’ve wasted no time pitching similarly eye-catching ideas