The Critic Magazine

28 March 2024

The Critic magazine’s April issue is a Spring music special featuring Alexandra Wilson and Richard Bratby on why classical music is fighting to be heard (and funded), Helen Barrett on the problem of finding venues for medium-sized bands, Haydn Middleton on the dark perfection of The Kinks and Alexander Larman on W.S. Gilbert, whilst Norman Lebrecht says farewell to the conductor, Seiji Ozawa. Also, Helen Joyce cautions against mental health therapies that convince young people they are unwell, Charles Saumarez Smith revisits the work of the architect who inspired George Orwell’s Ministry of Truth, James Innes-Smith argues that cinema has lost its confidence with love stories, Rufus Bird explains why contemporary art is outselling Old Masters and Nick Timothy calculates why the English Premier League has become a high-scoring goal fest.