Theatre
No one needs “privilege” to enjoy the theatre
Why Daniel Day-Lewis is wrong to think the working class need permission to go to the theatre
The shepherd’s dream
Giustino, Linbury Theatre
The many sides of Salome
Critical Mash returns!
The Pryce is wrong
Didactic drama is often artistically empty and politically misleading
Ritual and redemption
Parsifal, Ghent Opera House
Malice in theatreland
How activist theatre undermines the arts
Hot cinders
Cinderella, English National Opera
Me and my gull
Seagull: True Story, Marylebone Theatre
A hint of the mystical
Music has inspired two fine new productions
Mad for it
A review of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opera Holland Park
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all