The National Theatre
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
Our AI overlords will end bigotry
Bring on the machines
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution