King Lear
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
King Leer
Johnson is approaching the Raving On A Heath stage of his leadership
The Critic Books Podcast: Learwife
The first episode of The Critic Books Podcast: in conversation with J. R. Thorp.
Motorway-mania
Britain in the age of the automobile
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
Barking up the wrong tree
Insta-obsessed diners can’t see the food for the reels
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
The female body is the new short skirt
What is being done to some female bodies is changing what all female bodies mean
All small talk
Dwarf uprisings, Daleks and disreputable handymen
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
