Theatre Review
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
A great tribute to a giant of the theatre
Two major revivals of Tom Stoppard’s work
Scares and spies
From ghostly thrills to Cold War chills
Booty and the green-eyed beast
What plays out as limpid tragedy on the page becomes trouser-dropping farce
Lashings of child-murder
Our reviewer enjoys two very different approaches to killing
Stereophonic hits all the right notes
Watch events unfold from behind the mixing desk
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Gender self-ID was never the law
Barrister Akua Reindorf KC speaks about the controversial trans guidance the government is so loath to implement
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history