The Critics

Let them eat filberts

The new owner of Antoinette’s jewellery will not just get exquisite gems but a provenance that is equally perfect and poignant

Horrors of war

Christopher Silvester on two extraordinary films from Eastern Europe shown at the London Film Festival

Rogues’ Gallery

Now that the BBC has a taste for turning its own scandals into prime time ratings, I’ve wasted no time pitching similarly eye-catching ideas

Jumbo soars in uneven Hamlet

Anne McElvoy gives kudos to Cush Jumbo, who has a star’s ability to rise above the inadequacies and shine bright

Final frontiers

Adam LeBor on two TV series that are set in border regions, that feature engaging female characters and that are beautifully filmed

Spare us the skintight sonata

If Yuja Wang were to strip everything right down to the music, she could be a sensation

Misguided and muddled

By inviting listeners to admit their complicity, Eshun failed utterly to make his case

Old school ties

Fates in this unforgiving industry are long decided

Vincent’s tragic legend restored

A new book revisits the painter’s death and returns the verdict that it was suicide after all

To the bitter end

Why on earth would we want to see the same tawdry old stories endlessly re-enacted?