My no-deal letter to my MP

Richard Lutz tries to persuade his MP to turn his back on No Deal come October.

Howard’s Big Ask: Is tough guy Putin in charge of Hodge Hill?

b>Sir Howie Elston, scourge of the left and enemy of the right, with the burning shock query of the millennium:

Requiem for a bloody nation

Richard Lutz on the double massacre in the US.

The Rocky Boris Show and The Murder Hole

Richard Lutz holds his breath as Britain twists in the wind.

Double trouble in the land of Bojo and Trump

Richard Lutz feverishly peers into his crystal ball as the political world swirls around him.

Sir Howard: That Boris debate and what he said

Howard Elston, scourge of the right and opponent of the left, offers up verbatim excerpts of the BoJo show.

Sir Howard: More amazing details of leaked Trump emails

Howie Elston, media doyen of Westminster, reveals more vitriolic cables that spit poison at the White House.

Measure for Measure review at Stratford: ‘..the stage sweats sex…’

Richard Lutz is whisked back to a Shakespearean play set in a turn of the century Vienna.

Baseball in Britain: Boom-boom time way down in England

Richard Lutz sits back and thinks of baseball and England.

Putin to May: Who the f**k are you

Sir Howard Elston (KMRIA), doyen of the Westminster lobby, on that all-important Russia/British sit down.

Howard: The world in their hands – official

Media top gun Sir Howard Elston, reporting on the planet’s heavy hitters.

Howard Exclusive: Boris in shock domestic row – latest

Sir Howard Elston, our espionage correspondent, gives the details on Boris’s big break-up.

Review: Venice Preserved at The Swan, Stratford

Richard Lutz is dragged into the world of Restoration noir at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

This is rubbish

Richard Lutz is reduced to writing about garbage.

Review: (Un)leashed by Birmingham Royal Ballet

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a triple treat.
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Sir Howard: Shock revelation in Tory leader vote

Sir Howard Elston, parasite to the stars, reports on another explosive turn of events as Theresa May steps down.

Music from the depths of a river- and other tales

Richard Lutz gets to see the woods through the trees. 

Sir Howard: G’bye May, hello June

Sir Howard Elston’s runners and riders for the big job.

Going off-map on the island of little places

Richard Lutz decides it’s time to re-consider 216, 191 and good old number 50.

Dance review: Rite of Spring Re-Imagined at The Patrick Centre

Richard Lutz watches dance fusion between east and west.

Review: The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa at Symphony Hall

Richard Lutz grabs a barstool for a 3D version of the original Mother of Invention.

Review: The Provoked Wife at The Swan in Stratford

Richard Lutz takes a pew for a 300 year-old sex comedy that’s still alive and kicking.

Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns at The Birmingham Rep

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a play about Afghanistan’s enduring nightmare.

Judd and Donald Trump – are they related?

Sir Howard Elston takes on the world’s burning quandaries.

Flowers of Scotland and a baritone in the back row

Richard Lutz wanders….

Two takes on Africa and the tale of the dragon

Richard Lutz dips into African theatre twice and finds a lost church.

Review: The Half God of Rainfall

“A torrent of words but a drop too much,” says Richard Lutz.

Social media and the sewer of venom, hate and fraud

Richard Lutz on the poison pouring out of the digi-world .

Janesville blues

Will Mapplebeck is engrossed by a cautionary American tale.

Nepal: Goodbye pink Chanel lipstick and other tales

Last week we published a piece about Nepal. Sheilagh Matheson, a recent traveller to the mountain nation, recalls an episode close to every woman’s heart…