THE CRITICS
MUSIC Norman Lebrecht
CARTOON BY ROYSTON ROBERTSON; CRITIC FOX BY JASON FORD/HEART
“Orchestra makes right call” shock! 78
OPERA Robert Thicknesse
°e joys of spring 79
POP Sarah Ditum °e charm of Lewis Capaldi 80
ART Michael Prodger
Dilemma over a problem picture 81
THEATRE Anne McElvoy
Giving the devil his due 82
CINEMA Robert Hutton
°e Dungeons & Dragons romp-com 83
TELEVISION Adam LeBor
An American takes on the Yakuza 84
RADIO Michael Henderson
°e anti-British BBC 85
ARCHITECTURE
Charles Saumarez Smith
A
northern light shows the way 86
TABLE TALK
Eating Out
Lisa Hilton is wowed by the food and the clientele of a new London restaurant 89
Eating In
Felipe Fernández-Armesto says you should invest in food, not gadgets 90
Country Notes
- Patrick Galbraith goes against all advice and picks the pup with the cute face 92
Deluxe
Christopher Pincher says Gleneagles fuses Scottish style and U.S. glamour 92
Drink
- Henry Je°reys hails an Argentine winery that glories in the old ways 94
Turf Account
Stephen Pollard warns of an existential threat to horse racing 95
Style
- Hannah Betts at London’s repair shop 96
Hot House
Claudia Savage-Gore fumes over lazy, work-shy, striking teachers 97
IN PRAISE OF
Simon Gray: seriously funny artist of angst by Alexander Larman 98
THIS SPORTING LIFE
Patrick Kidd: Playing the long game 100
Nick Timothy: Ins and outs of Europe 101
Boris Starling: Gods of the gantry 102
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