Culture Vivienne Westwood: “I don’t think about posterity at all” The fashion designer on environmental activism, her friendship with Julian Assange and why punk was just a ”marketing opportunity”. By Mark Lawson
Music & Theatre Alan Bennett’s play The Madness of George III has new relevance in 2018 By Mark Lawson
Music & Theatre A small cast is telling a big story in the stage adaptation of Zadie Smith’s White Teeth By Mark Lawson
Music & Theatre Martin McDonagh and Robert Icke should take audiences walking out of their plays as a compliment By Mark Lawson
Music & Theatre The Pinter at the Pinter season already confirms the writer’s remarkable theatrical afterlife By Mark Lawson
The National Theatre’s The Prisoner is a moving example of Peter Brook’s “late style” The playwright’s latest work nods most fondly to two classical texts he is connected with: Oedipus and Hamlet. By Mark Lawson
The best of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 Moral debate and questions of the right to offend dominate this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. By Mark Lawson
Allelujah! Is Alan Bennett’s best work in years This NHS drama is his brightest, tightest and most satisfying play since 1991’s The Madness of George III. By Mark Lawson
The Lehman Trilogy at the National: spectacular, elegant perfection Simon Russell Beale, Ben Miles and Adam Godley play a whole host of men, women, babies and a range… By Mark Lawson
Laura Linney is captivating in My Name is Lucy Barton Rona Munro and Richard Eyre have skilfully translated a novelistic monologue into a solo stage show. By Mark Lawson
The two faces of Philip Roth Throughout several encounters with the late great novelist, I saw him switch between scabrous provocateur and professorial literary grandee. By Mark Lawson
The Old Vic’s Mood Music hums with disquiet about the gender dynamics of the music industry Joe Penhall’s new play features a dispute over songwriting credits. By Mark Lawson
Sound and fury: why Macbeth is having a resurgence in the age of Trump and Brexit Five performances of Macbeth are on offer in Britain this spring: along with a ballet, a movie, and a… By Mark Lawson