Dancing
The power of the pageant
Our enchanted, sometimes absurd, monarchy is one of the last focuses of common cultural experience
Havana heartbeat
How a stiff, gangly, middle-aged Englishman fell for the seductive rhythms of Cuba
The only thing to do is dance
When things are desperate, you don’t want to be the audience, you want to be the show
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
Why did the Eye look away?
Surely a title known for investigative journalism would be concerned by a series of trans scandals
Critic election day special — William Clouston
We look at one of the election’s untold stories — the emergence of a revived SDP
Infected blood and infected institutions
Decades on from the beginning of the infected blood scandal, our institutions still fail to align themselves with the truth
Christians are still being persecuted in Egypt
We should stand in defence of a beleaguered minority
Toxic relationship
For a long time, it has seemed that you’re nobody until somebody’s tried to get you cancelled
Making a miserable meal of mythbusting
The writing is laced with the sins of myth-making: boring, trite, incoherent, lazy and unfunny
Do the arts need policy?
Decoupling creativity from policy might give art ambition again
Losing the crowd
In bullfighting, audiences can be as tough as animals