The Barbican
Cate and cast soar in The Seagull
Chekhov’s masterpiece tragicomedy re-tooled
Was postwar Britain as grey and dull as everyone thinks?
A new exhibition at the Barbican sheds light on the forgotten decade
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms