Jumbo soars in uneven Hamlet
Anne McElvoy gives kudos to Cush Jumbo, who has a star’s ability to rise above the inadequacies and shine bright
Star power in a parallel universe
West End openings of Constellations and Cinderella offer stage-starved audiences some magic
Russell Beale on song as Bach
How the paternal gorgon finally attracts our empathy, waging a last intellectual battle
Midsummer fever dream
What is the direction of theatre for the next season?
A series of sharp transactions
Anne McElvoy on how LBC branch out into podcasting and American podcasters bid for their share of British ears
Hip-hop with a Weimar vibe
Bertolt Brecht’s didacticism puts off a lot of people who are sympathetic to a marxist world view
Elusive quest for impartiality
I would cavil at the curse of the presenter monologue, tending to sway the audience one way or the other, reveals Anne McElvoy
Radio cashes in on theatre’s loss
Radio drama is prone to over-signalling regional differences, says Anne McElvoy
A tasty tester for a better year
The Comeback is a gutsy British response to a period of glum hardship
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
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Eyes on a miserly prize
It’s not just owners who are being fleeced
The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing
It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
The death of Britannia Agoraia
Deindustrialisation has done damage even beyond the realms of economics
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
