Almeida Theatre
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
The death of an Anglo-Hungarian Painting
Nine months after a savage act of vandalism at Trinity College Cambridge, anger is growing at its lacklustre response
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
