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Pains of Youth / Days of Significance

  • 12 November 2009

Blairite boozers reach the parts that 1920s medics can't

The prude of love

  • 29 October 2009

The erstwhile Victor Meldrew is on fine form

The Power of Yes

  • 15 October 2009

David Hare is brilliant on last year's financial crash

I Bought a Blue Car Today (Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2)

  • 10 September 2009

Mr Cumming's solo show feels more than a little me, me, me . . .

Helen

  • 20 August 2009

Three parts comedy, one part tragedy

The Black Album

  • 06 August 2009

Kureishi’s novel about young British Asian men makes a problematic play

The Fairy Queen

  • 30 July 2009

Purcell’s adaptation of Shakespeare is a triumph of style over substance

Jerusalem

  • 23 July 2009

This unmissable state-of-the-nation piece is a fantasy tale with echoes of Blake

Forbidden Broadway

  • 09 July 2009

This complacent send-up of musicals reveals just how dire most of them are

Phèdre

  • 25 June 2009

Racine’s ferocious drama of the human heart in extremis is a gruelling spectacle

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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