protectionism
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
Labour is betraying women
From benefits to crime, Keir is letting women down
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes