The Critics
Fond memories of Sean Connery
I struggle to think of a more glorious spectacle than the sight of Sean flashing that winning smile
Smart work from the Old Vic
The Old Vic shows the way
A pair of Czech masterpieces
Two new Czech masterpieces
Reviving the inner anarchist
A new series shows Britain sliding into authoritarianism. Sound familiar?
Tate Modern in a terrible tangle
Tate Modern gets itself in a terrible tangle over a cancelled show
TikTok goes the clock
It took me a while but now I really appreciate Amy Winehouse
How about some vistas of beauty?
Covent Garden’s first post-lockdown offering is in a long, grim tradition
No direction from directors
Music directors who fail to provide any direction in times of crisis
The courage of Kate Winslet
One cannot imagine how profound Ms Winslet’s pain must be to now regret working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski
Lost dream of coexistence
Adam LeBor delves into The Bureau, the utterly absorbing French spy thriller series
Why Twitter needs the libs
Strange as it sounds, we will miss them if they go
She wants to be in America
🎶 Airtime for me in America 🎶
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
In defence of the stiff upper lip
Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
