Theatre
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
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
Is the “George R. R. Martin effect” real?
Can we expect a Song of Ice and Fire or a damp squib?
Intriguing flaws
Man and Boy, Dorfman Theatre
Hamlet is not about resistance
Why Riz Ahmed’s reading gets the play wrong
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand