Review: Coast of Teeth – Travels to English Seaside Towns in an Age of Anxiety

Review: The Lord of the Rings – The War of the Rohirrim

Review: The Devil Wears Prada at the Dominion Theatre

Review: Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre

Oh yes it is! Our pick of the pantos and seasonal shows

Grooves: Queens of Lovers Rock; Peter Doherty; Alabama 3; Koko Christmas soul night

Michael White’s music news: Nash Ensemble; London Youth Opera; seasonal music

From Rome to the Stour

Lockdown and lawlessness in Grand Theft Hamlet

Review: Expendable, at Royal Court Theatre

Rustic chic and terrific chefs at the Old Farm House

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: A Trojan Woman; The Great Gatsby; Spring & Other Things; Gwyneth Goes Skiing; The Purists

Michael White’s classical news: Jean Rondeau; Justin Taylor; London Sinfonietta; Messiah; Highgate Choral Society

Author probes the moral transformation of Germany – and ‘its limits’

‘The vast majority of people in the UK today say they are not religious – and this isn’t a new thing’

Women are championed as fighters in punchy film

Mercenary capitalism is laid bare in Made in Ethiopia

Review: Wolves on Road, at Bush Theatre

Review: The Glorious French Revolution (or: why sometimes it takes a guillotine to get anything done), at New Diorama

Michael White’s classical news: Highgate International Chamber Music Festival; Swan Lake; ‘Queer Messiah’; Pirates of Penzance