David Chivers
Lies, damn lies
Statistics are an essentially alien language that humans did not evolve to recognise or understand
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
