The Critics
Being the girl in the green jumper
Cyril Mann’s muse, Renske Mann, rescues the artist from forgotten obscurity
Stop the Wark Coalition
BBC Radio has lost its purpose
Music’s moral conscience
The violinist Gidon Kremer stands brilliantly apart from the rest of the music world
Art as resistance
This Belarusian play at the Barbican is timely and urgent
Kino Kyiv
What to watch inform yourself about the rich Ukrainian cinematic tradition
Smoke Signals
How a song can drift across a life
Modern technology meets the sixteenth century
For a limited time, the wonders of Lombardy are in the National Gallery
Gone West
What happened to Kanye?
A tawdry death imitating art
Francis Bacon’s turbulent love for George Dyer is visible on the canvas
Crumbling is not an instant’s act
A new exhibition revels in the intricacies and drama of architectural drawings — and the ruins of buildings they leave behind
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
