Theatre
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
Coles to Newcastle
Showbiz vicars, lefty luvvies and a brush with death
BBC embattled in Donmar’s latest
A new production delves into the tense relationship between the BBC and Stanley Baldwin’s government.
Revel in Runyon
A classic gem with extra polish
Infra digs
Near death experiences, rising stars and cut-throat dopplegangers
The madding crowd
Drunks, dames and Dahl
A devil to relish
The stories that tell us that women are damned if they play the game of sexual availability and just as doomed if they don’t
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
A race to the bottom
Women should not give legitimacy to an appalling platform
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Total eclipse of the art?
Activistic artists and curators are making art a niche political endeavour
