Drama
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations
We’ve had enough agitslop
British TV drama has become an embarrassing display of liberal neuroses
Intriguing flaws
Man and Boy, Dorfman Theatre
Why we love medical drama
The morbid and the erotic mingle in the portrayal of surgery
Stage fright
The National Theatre’s new season is concerning for theatre fans
Enter stage right?
Should we celebrate a new theatrical prize for anti-woke plays?
Classic humour?
Two experiments in drama and comedy offer mixed results
Adulterating Amadeus
A new series does an injustice to Mozart, Shaffer, Forman and TV in general
Enduring delights
The Box of Delights still charms audiences today
Lashings of child-murder
Our reviewer enjoys two very different approaches to killing
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Could the driverless car save the country pub?
Autonomous vehicles will give us the freedom to drink further from home
Picking at old wounds
The campaign to rejoin the EU has been revived
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate