The Critics
A trauma that never ends
Adam LeBor commends the BBC’s latest documentary on the Iraq war
Commoner with the divine touch
Raphael, as dedicated a lover as he was a painter, died at 37 at the height of his powers and fame, illustrates Michael Prodger
Rats desert a thriving ship
The space for criticism to exist grows smaller and the archways that sustained its presence crumble away, laments Sarah Ditum
Women directors screened out
Christopher Silvester on Mark Cousins’s latest documentary
A grim chorus of philistines
Rishi’s £1.57 Billion handout to the arts sector is the last good news it’ll ever hear, says Robert Thicknesse
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
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Taking the liberal mask off prohibition
The case for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is morally and economically unsound
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
A Soviet revelation
David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition (58CDs, 3DVDs)
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
