Theatre
Art as resistance
This Belarusian play at the Barbican is timely and urgent
Ken’s troubles
The modern theatrical world isn’t kind to its older actors
Noel Coward’s public genius
This production of Private Lives amuses as much as it moves its audience
I am not what I am
Will the real David Mamet please stand up?
Heartless Heights
Brontë’s lines anchor the frenetic action in Emma Rice’s over-the-top production
Go west, young man
Terry Gilliam holds court in exile
I’ll meet you at the cemetery gates
A new production of Hamlet takes one too many leaves out of Morrissey’s playbook
Grope springs eternal
Rupert Goold’s Spring Awakening was too woke to be stirring
The censor returns
New Lord Chamberlains are policing the stage with puritan zeal
All mouth, no trousers?
Kenneth Branagh does seem to like taking his clothes off
England is not yet lost
Where else would you rather be from?
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
