Comedy
Double trouble in chaotic Comedy
Great times to be had in Canterbury despite occasionally clunky comedy and some scandalously overpriced wine
Now then, now then
Should there be a new drama about Jimmy Savile?
When comedy goes right, it’s very wrong
The Goes Wrong Show expertly mines hilarity through disaster
Remembering Norm Macdonald
Like Peter Cook, he made being funny seem as natural as yawning
Sean Lock – the comedian’s comedian
Lock, who has died at the age of 58, was a popular figure on the UK comedy circuit — not bad for someone who described himself as “a miserable, authoritarian guy”
Rosie Cackle
Veteran comedienne
20 years of The Ricky Gervais Show
Ricky Gervais’s best comedy survives by fans swapping bootlegged recordings
Bring back the fun!
Alexander Larman writes an open letter to the artistic directors of theatres
A tasty tester for a better year
The Comeback is a gutsy British response to a period of glum hardship
All the news fit to post, two weeks early
It’s Christmas come early for Critic readers
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
