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Anne McElvoy

Anne McElvoy is Senior Editor at the Economist and presents the culture show Free Thinking on Radio 3. She tweets at @annemcelvoy

Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024

Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow

Is it really about sex, race, generational hierarchies — or the changeable nature of student-teacher relationships?

Musical and artistic brio can transcend the “problematic”

What a pairing Hüller and Fiennes would make

West End strikes a balance between keeping their spine and nostalgic appeal, whilst avoiding creakiness

Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times

Farber’s casting and concept feels assured

Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove

Irish Gothic and Noel Coward romance on the stage, and remembering actress Hayden Gywnne