Plays
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
Is the “George R. R. Martin effect” real?
Can we expect a Song of Ice and Fire or a damp squib?
Intriguing flaws
Man and Boy, Dorfman Theatre
Stage fright
The National Theatre’s new season is concerning for theatre fans
Scares and spies
From ghostly thrills to Cold War chills
The many sides of Salome
Critical Mash returns!
Safe battles, safe applause
Our theatres fight yesterday’s battles to avoid confronting today’s risks
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible