The Critics

There is a deep appetite among Britain’s television audience for dramas that tackle complicated social issues

Culture and propaganda are not easily separable

It is a satire of modern vanities, not a screw-up

The end of BBC Four is a death sentence for BBC Orchestras and the Proms alike

How can Britney establish a version of her success without the horrors that became integral to it?

There is an infinite number of ways of conning collectors, investors and even institutions too

Beth Steel’s House of Shades is a confident new nod to the tradition of multi-generation family sagas

Good art doesn’t have to be politically correct

How a modernist bogeyman became an Old Master

Tales of lives lived well, or disgracefully, are always interesting, but what makes a good obit?