Musical
Playing with fire
Is writing a show about burns victims and the pioneering Guinea Pig Club really “appropriate”?
Star power in a parallel universe
West End openings of Constellations and Cinderella offer stage-starved audiences some magic
Losing my head over Catherine
How the musical sensation, Six, uncovers more than just the stories of Henry VIII’s wives
The Just Stop Oil sentences were just
Direct action protestors are not immune from the operation of the law
“Safe and legal routes” is a dangerous cliché
Parties should be challenged to be clear on what they mean
Labour’s looming constitutional vandalism
A Labour landslide will complete the Blairite destruction of Britain’s unique constitution
Foxy old Labour
Going after private schools would be an act of pointless institutional vandalism
Who hears the voiceless?
Leaving unborn children without legal protections would be an ethical disgrace
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human