The Critics
Dinner in the Bloodlands
Belarus Free Theatre brings moral complexity to the table
Atticus updated
A new Mockingbird is masterful
Singing lessons
Spare us the social justice preaching
Wogan: heavyweight with a light touch
The absence of Terry Wogan leaves a hole in radio presenting
Music monsters
The perverted predators of pop
Sex and Sanctity
There are wonders great and small in the Raphael exhibition at the National Gallery
Can Putin’s conductor redeem himself?
Gergiev’s road to redemption
Passed-by spies
Spy show depicts the insecurity service
More than just a grumpy anti-modernist?
It’s time we appreciated the art of Sir Alfred Munnings
Ukraine’s patriotic master
The painter Ilya Repin straddled both Ukrainian and Russian cultures
Spotify Wrapped is good for the soul
On the joys of exploring a year in music
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
Twitter monetisation was a mistake
It has diminished rather than enhanced creativity
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
Not a relaunch
Is that a PLAN FOR CHANGE in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
Let’s diversify the curriculum
If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
