Theatre
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
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
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise