Rufus Norris
Joie de vivre
Has the National Theatre brought back fun?
Egotist ergo sum
Just stage Cyrano with a great actor breaking wind in a corner, and we’ll all be happy
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
Kemi Badenoch is a useful idiot
The former Secretary of State has a track record of advancing woke regulations
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Farewell, knights errant of the road
Once one of London’s most distinctive tribes, cycle messengers are a dying breed
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
Land of slippery slopes
Does anybody really believe assisted suicide will stop at the terminally ill?
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
