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The corrupted currents
As Jude Law brings a touch of Hollywood to the role of Hamlet, Jason Cowley draws parallels between the world of the great plays and the plight of our embattled Prime Minister
“Exploring big, horrid, dark areas is great. We don’t want to go to the theatre for a quiet time, do we?”
Bryony Lavery talks to the NS about her new play, based on the Kursk submarine disaster
Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal
This drama skewers the do-gooding in Africa to compelling but chastening effect
Cont Mhlanga: The way I see it
The Zimbabwean playwright on love: of his wife, of the spiritual, of his country
Cycle of violence
Tricycle Theatre's series of plays about the history of foreign intervention in Afghanistan conveys a mixed message
Love is in the air
My advice for people in new relationships: you might be all smoochy now, but in 20 years you’ll be fighting like rats in a sack
‘‘What we can rely on is our creativity, our inspiration and our passion’’
Cricket's revolution
The Ashes and globalisation
Ziauddin Sardar
Move over viagra
Religion
Does God hate women?
Art
Medals of dishonour
James Macintyre
Cameron the bully?
Canada
The new dope lords
Television
Revelations
Travel
Brussels and surrealism
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