Sotheby’s
The lockdown boom in an empty room
Auction houses have enjoyed a stellar pandemic, but could their online success prove a curse?
What on Earth are the Conservatives running on?
Rishi Sunak needs a vision for the country, not just anti-Starmer posturing
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
I love a “dream home” nightmare
What disasters will strike the family next? You almost expect a tsunami
Ulster’s deadly web
What if one of the most useful British agents inside the IRA was also a mass murderer?
The Conservatives need a clear-out
Failed advisers and politicians have to be removed
A victory for press freedom in Northern Ireland
People suspected of sexual offences pre-charge will not have the right to automatic anonymity
The Labour voter blues
At least forty per cent of Starmer’s voters are social conservatives. Will he take them with him, or leave them behind?
Bedazzling
Nigel Farage takes centre stage and everyone else is sidelined
The Incredible Sulk
Nigel Farage is all about entertainment — not difficult questions
Critic election day special — William Clouston
We look at one of the election’s untold stories — the emergence of a revived SDP