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It’s not doomsday — but the billionaires have won and their supporters will suffer

Netflix’s popular political drama The Diplomat is back for a second season. It follows US ambassador to Britain Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) as she attempts to unravel a conspiracy at the very heart of the British government. In doing so, The Diplomat once again has plenty to say about the…

Opera North brings shimmering music to this gorgeous and crisply choreographed co-production, which preserves Shaw’s critique of the British class system

Editorial: The compelling India-England series highlights the appeal of long-form cricket. Pity so few people can see it

Welcome to London's Clubland, where men-only rules and strict dress codes still draw top politicians

George Bernard Shaw famously observed that “it is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him.” That was in the preface to Pygmalion, whose hero, Professor Higgins, was a phoneticist who could identify which bit of London any individual Cockney came from —…

This Shaw revival has wonderful moments but there is little spark between Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins

The two stars dominate amid a fine supporting cast, even if this is a weird choice of revival

He was, said George Bernard Shaw, “one of those heroic simpletons who do big things whilst our prominent worldlings are explaining why they are Utopian and impossible”.