Theatre
Norse mode
How John Gabriel Borkman is a hard Ibsen play to like
A bumpy flight
Sheridan’s The Rivals plot is taken to different heights
Arsenic and old lace
Autumn arrives and nostalgia descends
Doctor in a spin
West End zingers on stage now
Reason’s misrule
The revival of Jerusalem reminds us of a still-forgotten England
Transing Joan
She, Joan. You, hack
Harold Pinter: from bad to verse
The playwright will not be remembered for his poetry
Steel works
Beth Steel’s House of Shades is a confident new nod to the tradition of multi-generation family sagas
Rooster booster
Pretty much the whole of Jerusalem is in some way “problematic”, which is why people relish it
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
Prepare for takeoff
Masters of the Air is a visually impressive aerial WW2 adventure with the potential to go far
What are universities for?
The battle for British universities is not yet lost
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems
