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
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
Barking up the wrong tree
Insta-obsessed diners can’t see the food for the reels
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
You can’t judge a book by its cover
All novels should be like this: stripped of the necessary but boring connective tissue
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
