Almeida Theatre
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
