Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Company at 60: a very happy birthday?
Muted celebrations, concerns of relevance and controversial origins — Alexander Larman delves into the RSC at 60
Concern grows over Hugh Bonneville
And Piers Brosnan’s Irish accent leaves something to be desired
Radio cashes in on theatre’s loss
Radio drama is prone to over-signalling regional differences, says Anne McElvoy
Why can’t we have a good film of Noël Coward’s plays?
If one judged the playwright solely on the film versions of his work, one might be forgiven for believing that he had never been particularly accomplished
A tasty tester for a better year
The Comeback is a gutsy British response to a period of glum hardship
Fact or Fiction: an introductory guide
As the misrepresentations in The Crown call for historical dramas to be clearer in their creative license, Romeo Coates offers a brieg guide to fact and fiction in drama
The roaring boy Macbeth
Why Peter O’Toole’s 1980 performance at the Old Vic is remembered for all the wrong reasons
Carving out a new genre
Digital theatre is now beginning to offer stalls-starved audiences the kind of quality work they would have queued to see live
Fond memories of Sean Connery
I struggle to think of a more glorious spectacle than the sight of Sean flashing that winning smile
Smart work from the Old Vic
The Old Vic shows the way
Why not the Taliban Line?
These new overground lines are not sufficiently progressive
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
The cowards, the pretenders and the woman-haters
Awkwardness is no excuse for not supporting the gender-critical cause
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
Deer prudence
It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
