RSC
Who should run the RSC next?
Someone has to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Double trouble in chaotic Comedy
Great times to be had in Canterbury despite occasionally clunky comedy and some scandalously overpriced wine
The Royal Shakespeare Company at 60: a very happy birthday?
Muted celebrations, concerns of relevance and controversial origins — Alexander Larman delves into the RSC at 60
Waking up in Bardland
Fifty years of the RSC: Reflections in a time of corona
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Can Macron survive?
France appears to be becoming ungovernable
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor
Killing with kindness
Sentimentality and euphemism cloak the cause of assisted suicide
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
