Shakespeare
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
A rollicking, great Kiss Me Kate
Musical and artistic brio can transcend the “problematic”
Sein oder Nichtsein
What a pairing Hüller and Fiennes would make
Chapter and verse on the unknowable Bard
The striking thing about Sir Stanley’s Shakespeare is how unsexy he is
The music of the Bard
A great tradition of Shakespearean songs have been all but forgotten
Twin totems of Teutonic angst
The German obsession with Goethe’s Faust and Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Counterfeit Cleese
Coates on Cleese, Collins and Cole
Instruments of shock and awe
Jean Sibelius/Arne Nordheim; The Tempest (Naxos/LAWO)
Who should run the RSC next?
Someone has to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Joie de vivre
Has the National Theatre brought back fun?
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
How the West fell out of love with mass migration
Restrictionist opinion is breaking through the establishment cordon sanitaire
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
