Michael White’s music news: Nash Ensemble; London Youth Opera; seasonal music

From Rome to the Stour

Lockdown and lawlessness in Grand Theft Hamlet

Review: Expendable, at Royal Court Theatre

Rustic chic and terrific chefs at the Old Farm House

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: A Trojan Woman; The Great Gatsby; Spring & Other Things; Gwyneth Goes Skiing; The Purists

Michael White’s classical news: Jean Rondeau; Justin Taylor; London Sinfonietta; Messiah; Highgate Choral Society

Author probes the moral transformation of Germany – and ‘its limits’

‘The vast majority of people in the UK today say they are not religious – and this isn’t a new thing’

Mercenary capitalism is laid bare in Made in Ethiopia

Review: Wolves on Road, at Bush Theatre

Review: The Glorious French Revolution (or: why sometimes it takes a guillotine to get anything done), at New Diorama

Michael White’s classical news: Highgate International Chamber Music Festival; Swan Lake; ‘Queer Messiah’; Pirates of Penzance

Grooves: Jimmy; Idles; Club de Fromage; Lethal Bizzle; Bill Ryder-Jones

Let it blow, let it blow – a festive feast of music for jazz fans

The Bard guys: knife crime, postcode rivalry and Shakespearean tragedy

Natural selection: war artist who turned her eye to the home front

EFG London Jazz Festival: Sikelela, 30 years on – A Celebration of South African jazz

Broom or bust! Wicked works its magic on young fans

Caped crusaders