Theatre
Fenian Ghosts Wait In The Wings
Jez Butterworth pulls off a first at the Royal Court — a play that doesn’t blame Mrs Thatcher for everything
Playing Stoppard’s verbal quidditch
Daniel Radcliffe puts Potter behind him as Rosencrantz in the Old Vic’s revival of a youthful masterpiece
A Wun For Their Money
A new play charting the SDP’s attempt to reshape UK politics is, fittingly, all talk and little action
Jake’s Leap In The Park
A movie star’s Broadway outing in Stephen Sondheim’s musical revival attains pointillist perfection
Monstrous Regiment? Brava!
Harriet Walter as Prospero and Glenda Jackson as Lear redress Shakespeare’s gender imbalance
What Did You Do In The War, Dada?
From the Easter Rising in Dublin to Lenin and Joyce in Zurich, revolution is a gift to the dramatist
The Greedy And The Gullible
The director Polly Findlay shows once again her ability to invest a classic play with a modern sensibility
Middle-Aged Magic Tricks
Harry Potter takes to the stage in an enjoyable romp with enough twists for both parents and children
Right Royal Charnel House
Serial killer, misanthrope, misogynist — Richard III gives Ralph Fiennes plenty to work with
Musicals Give Us The Big Picture
Sunset Boulevard was a splendid vehicle for a Hollywood star to bring a tearful audience to their feet
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts