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27 April 2024 Aus
Censoring the truth is wrong
Arts
Australian Arts
Peter Craven
It’s a spectacle a lot of people would kill to see: Hugo Weaving in a Sydney Theatre Company co-production of…
Television
James Delingpole
Here’s an offensive joke: ‘Jimmy Carr gets paid to do a Netflix special.’ All right, it’s not original – I…
Cinema
Dan Hitchens
It sounds straightforward enough: a tennis romance starring Zendaya, idol of the mid-teen demographic and last seen riding a sandworm…
Theatre
Lloyd Evans
Our Mutual Friend has been turned into a musical with a new title, London Tide, which sounds duller and more…
Pop
Graeme Thomson
How to explain the supercharged star power of Taylor Swift? An undeniably gifted artist, Swift’s albums 1989, Folklore and Evermore,…
Radio
Daisy Dunn
Could you live off the land for a year without buying a single thing to eat? This was the challenge…
Opera
Richard Bratby
The Thames cruise for which Handel composed his Water Music in 1717 famously went on until around 4 a.m. The…
Exhibitions
Last week’s opening of the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale marks a watershed for the art world. In much…
Arts feature
Robert Gore-Langton
Bruce Robinson is ramming a huge log into the grate of his ancient fireplace in mud-clogged Herefordshire. He’s 77 and…