Watches
What makes a gentleman tick?
Of course, there are watches and there are watches, and then there are watches
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
The spy who came in from the coast
Defector Natalie Elphicke leaves the Circus to join the pinkos
“Trad” theatre can still feel fresh
West End strikes a balance between keeping their spine and nostalgic appeal, whilst avoiding creakiness
Trouble beneath the surface
Labour’s triumph obscures worrying signs of division and chaos brewing in British society
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
Entering the populist Pyongyang
Your correspondent watches the far right debate immigration — but will he go native?
Ukraine’s cross-cultural contradictions
Has Ukraine overcome its legacy of historical antisemitism?
