Dead Outlaw is sharp-witted and irreverent
An irreverent musical about the ‘life’ of a mysterious dead body forces us to confront death
Books & Arts
Why does Irish art avoid the Troubles?
There is something truly pathological about the taboo given that Irish art is awash with politics
Seventy-five years of Strangers on a Train
At its dark, complex heart, the novel represents Patricia Highsmith at her most contradictory – and greatest
Erik Satie was an inadvertent innovator
Ian Penman’s brief book takes us around the French composer’s life three times
Joan Didion’s unedited record of therapy is morbidly fascinating
It is the great failure of Notes to John that it lacks the writer’s distinctive voice altogether
Unpacking John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s complex relationship
You end John & Paul in understanding of their essential humanity
Has Trump’s return defanged Ezra Klein?
Abundance is the old juicebox mafia’s definitive statement to the world in the second Trump era
