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
One small step for Jenrick…
…one giant disappointment for Mel Stride
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
The Scullionbait Awards for Reporting Merit
Articles with no opposing quotes, criticism, or trace of so-called “balance”
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
