Review: The Gift, at Park Theatre

Review: An Interrogation, at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs

Michael White’s classical news: Arthur Oldham; Benjamin Britten; William Walton; Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky

Bona contention: how gay men survived post-war Britain

How MP described as an ‘aristocratic Socialist and cowboy dandy’ shocked the Commons

William Tell is oh-so-silly – and much the better for it

Grooves: Tiffany, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Femi Kuti, Johnny Lloyd; Joshua Radinis

Canal knowledge: an adventure through the waterways of Venice

Review: The Lonely Londoners, at Kiln Theatre

Review: A Good House, at Royal Court Theatre

Review: Kyoto, @Soho Place

Michael White’s classical news: Pierre Boulez; Kaija Saariaho; Aida; Carducci Quartet

From Procktor to Picasso: kick-off for the year

How David Pleat became one of football’s most on-the-ball managers

Cold comforts: hot jazz for this mid-winter

It’s drawl or nothing in slick biopic A Complete Unknown

Review: Firebird, at King’s Head Theatre

Review: Tarantula, at Arcola Theatre

Restaurants have a lot on their plate – our custom is more precious than ever

Michael White’s classical news: Earth Unwrapped; Miloš Karadaglić; Doric String Quartet; Piano Phase Project; Gemma Rosefield