Jimmy watches Countdown and tries to ignore his bills, grief, COPD and frailty. Meanwhile, his carer walks a tightrope between kindness and reality

JOHN FLINT explores the Appleby Blue development, winner of the Stirling prize 2025

GORDON PARSONS enjoys the wealth of wisdom and the clarity of expression from a dialogue between Chomsky and Mujica

GUILLERMO THOMAS enjoys a survey of the current state of the CIA (aka Langley) from an expert and insider of sorts

MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O CONNOR and JOHN GREEN review The Choral, Belen, Dragonfly, and Colossal Wreck

WILL STONE is frustrated by a performance that chooses to garble the lyrics and drown the songs in reverb

RITA DI SANTO points out the social experience of exploitation and oppression that inform the popular winners at this year’s festival