Theatre
Bring on the therapists
Chekhovian gloom echoes across the centuries, but Vanya needs new impetus to avoid museum status, says Anne McElvoy
Would the Bard be forced to rebrand himself “gender-fluid”?
Romeo Coates on the latest backstage gossip
Blessed plot – or maybe not
“Albion” takes up the challenge of the moving goalposts of Brexit and social and economic fragmentation, says Anne McElvoy
Has the National Theatre lost its way?
Alexander Larman considers Rufus Norris’s vision, and the future of the National Theatre.
Tom Stoppard – The ‘timid libertarian’ speaks for himself
Like Wilde, Tom Stoppard has finally realised the importance of being earnest
Non-nose job
In a free reworking of “Cyrano”, it takes pizzazz to rewrite French alexandrines in the manner of Eminem
Mood musical
An interesting new West End show about young millennials has echoes of far older classics
Thespians in the woods
Alexander Larman explains how pantomime went upmarket
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Killing with kindness
Sentimentality and euphemism cloak the cause of assisted suicide
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor
Dissolve the hotbeds of wokery
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Fear and loving
Cricket in the West Indies has not been the same since the loss of Malcolm Marshall
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
