The Critics

Vienna’s hapless missing link

Zemlinsky’s music is arresting and his ideas fertile and diverse, but he often goes unnoticed

A widow’s might

The Widow is intelligent television that probes the dark side of the international aid industry

Midsummer fever dream

What is the direction of theatre for the next season?

The faltering heart of the BBC

Amongst the dearth of decent BBC Radio content, “Start the Week” is outstanding

Swift reprise

Swift’s latest project is even more interesting than the imaginary motherhood album she pinned her hopes on

Fantastic life of Brian

Over these past months, one has lost count of the number of humble showbiz folk selflessly going to the trouble of taking photos/videos of themselves being jabbed

Benin’s bronze ambassadors

What the opening of the Edo Museum of West African Art means for the potential restitution of 2,807 historical bronze artefacts

Star of the sty

Christopher Silvester on a documentary with a solely animalistic cast

A series of sharp transactions

Anne McElvoy on how LBC branch out into podcasting and American podcasters bid for their share of British ears

Match of the dull

How Match of the Day needs modernising