The Critics
A worthy heiress to Princess Ida
Where has originality and character gone in the art of Violin playing?
Romeo’s 2020 Lockdown Awards
How have the great and the good delivered in recent months?
The sadder side of summer
Tragedy struck Gustav Mahler, the archetypal summer composer, in 1907
To the streets, via the Crush Bar
Robert Thicknesse on Opera
A little bit of curve
In praise of pop smut
Mystery of the tainted cache
The Gurlitt affair looked as if it might be unpicked but it has proved intractable
A long-term bet we must take
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the show will go on again; it always does
Do mention the war
The Deer Hunter remains the most affecting of Vietnam movies, Christopher Silvester writes
Rave that runs out of puff
Summertime and the streaming is easy, but Netflix’s White Lines leaves Adam LeBor cold
Lights, camera, chaos
Our board-treading gossip columnist grapples with actors on Zoom
Britain is not for sale
On the commodification of the nation state
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
The Conservative love affair with petty prohibitionism
How much time has been wasted on trivial legislation?
Real pond life
There is a simple way to foster biodiversity
Dear Keir, get real
Instead of announcing grand new doctrines, it’s time for a very British realism
Was she more than pie in the sky?
We all laughed at the former PM but her radical message might have been right
D stands for disgrace
He’ll start the defeat from right here
The Venice Art Biennale
The overall tone is rather bloodless, smug and muted where one might hope for exhilaration
The follies of the wets
There is nothing “moderate” about the Tory centrists
The gender wars have not been won
“No debate” has been defeated — but the debate is still ongoing
The Conservatives deserve credit on sex and gender
They were slow to respond to institutional capture — but they did respond
