Why have the arts not strained at the bonds laid upon them in the way earthier pursuits and pleasures have?

Following a brief loss of balance in a London watering hole I ‘took the knee’ – but that doesn’t detract from the symbolism

Krapp’s last tape might these days be a collection of WhatsApps and stored Instagram images, muses Anne McElvoy

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has failed to live up to its responsibility as an industry leader

Hugh Grant’s acting career has experienced a well-earned renaissance in recent years

David Hare is an extraordinarily accomplished writer when he doesn’t revert to contemporary politics

The great critics always began before they were forty. Who are their equivalents today?

I’m listening to art made by dead people rather than DIY lockdown productions

As the Government injects 1.57bn into arts and culture, Alexander Larman considers the reactions from those in the industry

Does age-blind casting work when adapting Shakespeare?