Culture
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order review – “An excellent account”
Dr Edward Howell, whose columns in the Spectator and the Telegraph are among the few intelligent and readable things left in those outlets, has produced an excellent account of...
A Revolution Betrayed by Peter Hitchens review – In Defence of Grammar Schools
Review – A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter...
Veranilda by George Gissing review – The best historical novel never written
George Gissing remains the most underrated novelist in the English language. He wrote twenty-three...
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – “The prime minister we never had”
This is a marvellous book, a memoir of Rory Stewart’s nine years in Parliament,...
The Conservative Effect, 2010-2024 review: “Comprehensive and damning”
If you only read one book on British politics this year, make it this one.
London puts its best foot forward
Cecilia Stinton explores the capital's celebrations of the ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his groundbreaking Ballets Russes
Preview: Othello
Daniel Frampton sees strengths but also some weaknesses in Corpus Christi's re-imagining of the Bard
Preview: Lars Sorken, A Norwiegan Noir
Charlotte Lennon enjoys this striking, strange piece
Review: The Truth
Angus Hawkins is confused and disappointed by St Hilda's latest theatrical endeavor into the world of Terry Pratchett
Preview: Mephisto
Joshua Philips is fascinated and engrossed by Milja Fenger's latest production, Mephisto, at the Oxford Playhouse
Interview: The Awkward Silence
Daniel Frampton quizzes comedy duo, 'The Awkward Silence' on their adventures into the world of radio
The Final Stages: Mephisto
With the curtain rising in a matter of days, Lloyd Houston takes a looks back on his experience acting in Mephisto
A Bluffers’ Guide To: Surf Pop
Wetsuit on, grab your board, and let's catch some rollers with Natasha Frost
Out and onstage
Daniel Frampton examines the prejudices facing LGBT actors
Review: Tennis – Young & Old
Marc Pacitti reviews Tennis' second album Young & Old
The power of fiction
Jack Powell discusses 'gay fiction' with author Paul Burston
Review: Shearwater – Animal Joy
Richard O'Brien reviews the latest offering from the Okkervil River offshoot
Review: Chronicle
James Aber chronicles Trank's debut
Gary Numan: new sounds, new man
Natasha Frost listens to the ins and outs of Gary Numan's trials and tribulations with technology
