Theatre
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
J.K. Rowling and the very Freudian fandom
Many Harry Potter fans feel a strange compulsion to hate the thing they love
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
The music of the Bard
A great tradition of Shakespearean songs have been all but forgotten
First-night nerves
Books, beaches and a beloved bullet
Going viral
From tumbles off the stage to the anxieties of age
Back to Blackstuff
The Boys from the Blackstuff hit the stage in Liverpool
A maverick medic
A theatrical biography of a life saver
Perfect for the part
Oompa Loompas and a newfound enthusiasm for association football
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
Entering the populist Pyongyang
Your correspondent watches the far right debate immigration — but will he go native?
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
The Rwanda Bill and the rule of law
Our constitutional tradition strictly separates international law from domestic law
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
The Cass Review is not the end
Gender ideologues are not going to give up in the face of facts
