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Chris Riddell on Donald Trump, the Easter bunny who came to break all the eggs

Kate Maltby

Stepmothers, relax, you’ll always be wicked but true love is worth it

Kate Maltby

There’s a place for audience participation, but ‘chicken jockey’ chaos takes it too far

Kate Maltby

Let Britain’s magical, mythical creatures inspire a patriotism untainted by politics

Kate Maltby

Do we really want Clueless updated to reflect our dark, digital age? Ugh! As if!

Kate Maltby

Mind your manners, diners, restaurants are turning the tables on grumpy reviewers

Kate Maltby

Trigger warnings may be doing more harm than good. Witness ‘the abortion play’

Kate Maltby

Sorry, Dame Judi, BBC Radio’s job is to find listeners, not train playwrights

Kate Maltby

Sigourney Weaver’s Prospero may finally set us free of this celebrity Shakespeare indulgence

Kate Maltby

Death is at the heart of Christmas. That’s why we love to tell festive ghost stories

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Chris Riddell on Labour’s Lawmaker Express. It is not for turning – cartoon

Kate Maltby

Wicked would be fun and forgettable but for the alt-right waging dark arts against it

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Kate Maltby

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