Michael Billington
The death of Theatre Criticism
The great critics always began before they were forty. Who are their equivalents today?
“Between you and me…”
Our theatre gossip columnist spills the beans on his fellow actors
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems
Maggie’s greatest gift
Touring the Med in the pioneering gastropub that transformed how we eat
British defence must be renewed
War may not be imminent but Britain must still be secure
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
End of the Biden farce?
The President’s fragility has been obvious for years — but was he ever in control?
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
Has the US acted in good faith over Ukraine?
Weakening Russia seems to have been more important than strengthening Ukraine