Theatre
Big, dumb and full of fun?
“Operation Mincemeat” does not quite live up to the hype
Aaron is not your hero
Framing Titus Andronicus in anti-imperialist terms misses the point
Safe battles, safe applause
Our theatres fight yesterday’s battles to avoid confronting today’s risks
The irrational theatre
The state of the National Theatre is tragic indeed
Sympathy for the devil?
Those expecting a recipe for poulet à la Gazza may be disappointed
Enter stage right
Our new theatre critic promises to be fair and unmoved by doctrinaire groupthink
Bach and forth
The Score – Theatre Royal Haymarket
Can the stage regain its soul?
Theatre is being turned into a parasitic secondary art form
Arnold Leverett: Veteran Playwright
If the theatres staging his work are getting smaller, the list of his celebrity admirers is still extensive
The good book?
The show is a handy barometer of changing sensitivities about free speech in comedy
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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
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama