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
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
The day of the DfIDs
The real problem with foreign aid
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
