The Critics
This drama in Tehran is fictional
The spy drama never flinches from portraying the savagery of the Ayatollahs’ regime
High Noon is a disappointing evening
Westerns, like science fiction and pornography, are a genre best left to film
Show me what love is
Don Giovanni, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Classic humour?
Two experiments in drama and comedy offer mixed results
Day after day
It is easy to lose sight of art amid personal narratives
Adulterating Amadeus
A new series does an injustice to Mozart, Shaffer, Forman and TV in general
Scares and spies
From ghostly thrills to Cold War chills
Bring on the dinosaurs
For hardcore old opera buffers, there are still a few places of refuge
Expensive thrills
Turandot, Royal Opera
The future is Chinese
The Western art world lays the conceptual ground for a civilisational transition, then lacks the critical nerve to digest it
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?