Stage
Hip-hop with a Weimar vibe
Bertolt Brecht’s didacticism puts off a lot of people who are sympathetic to a marxist world view
Blessed plot – or maybe not
“Albion” takes up the challenge of the moving goalposts of Brexit and social and economic fragmentation, says Anne McElvoy
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
Against Michaela multiculturalism
The school does not offer a successful model of integration for Britain
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
Representation gets raunchy
We have to stop the patronising pandering to communities in the name of “representation”
