The Critics
Concern grows over Hugh Bonneville
And Piers Brosnan’s Irish accent leaves something to be desired
Radio cashes in on theatre’s loss
Radio drama is prone to over-signalling regional differences, says Anne McElvoy
Swim and tonic
The latest buzz from our back-stage gossip
A treasure trove of memories
T.V. show, The Repair Shop, is just what we need in these dark and fractured times, says Adam LeBor
Nollywood comes of age
Christopher Silvester explains how censorship has suppressed Nigerian films that have won international acclaim
The mystery of the folded dragon
Michael Prodger recounts the tale of Hergé’s drawing for the cover of the Tintin instalment: The Blue Lotus
Take a leaf out of sport’s book
Music has lost its unpredictability, its thrilling fear while sport’s passion shines, says Norman Lebrecht
Uncool country
Country music has a frontline place in the culture wars, says Sarah Ditum
Shock of the new
People are terrified of modernity’s great gift: the sudden freedom to make appalling noise, says Robert Thicknesse
Memories of a massacre
Rinder’s documentary is the kind of television at which the BBC excels, says Adam Lebor
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
The great Conservative farewell
The Conservatives’ terrible result could become terminal
British lessons for Canadian politics
What can the experiences of the Labour Party teach Pierre Poilievre?
Commonwealth citizens should not be allowed to vote
Newly arrived non-citizens being allowed to vote makes a farce of British democracy
Populism on the march
As populism advances on both sides of the channel, we ask if it can make the shift from insurgent movement to governing project
The Conservative immigration betrayal
The Tories have delivered immigration on an absolutely unprecedented scale
Terrible beauty
Does the World Press know what constitutes photojournalism?
The publisher and the police
The case of Ernest Moret has drawn attention to a sinister abuse of power
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
The Venice Art Biennale
The overall tone is rather bloodless, smug and muted where one might hope for exhilaration
Nightmare on Starmer Street?
Bigger government is coming — but there is no avoiding it
