The sorry Ed Sheeran affair...

Theatre Review / 18 September 2026 Man to Man: a magnificent revival of an East German classic 18 September 2026 PETER MASON applauds the revival, 39 years later with the same team and cast, of Manfred Karge’s version of Brecht’s 100-year-old play, Mann Ist Mann

MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds a fearless attempt to bring to the stage the 1984 toxic gas disaster in Bhopal, India

ALEX HALL applauds the account of a dogged, traumatic and punishing campaign for justice that has lasted from 1998 to the present day

NICK WRIGHT laments the political bias of an epic attempt to tell the history of the liberation of France from the Nazis, that excludes both the decisive contribution of the Soviet Red Army, and of the French communist party itself

JOE GILL traces the ideology and method of contemporary imperialism back to the greed, hubris and violence of the late 15th century Portuguese

Cartoon / 15 September 2026 Ed Sheeran finds Macklemore replacement... 15 September 2026 Cartoon / 6 May 2026 History repeats itself as farce 6 May 2026 On the day of the election, MARTIN GOLLAN reflects on the perennial relationship between the far-right and the back-hander

Book Review / 5 December 2025 Cartoons from the Daily Worker help to tell the story of WWII 5 December 2025 Star cartoonist MALC MCGOOKIN finds lessons for today in the punch, and the economy of line, of an extraordinary generation of illustrators