Is it curtains for critics? An army of arts bloggers is posting internet reviews on subjects from grand opera to soap opera - instant, global and free. US newspapers have begun to ditch their reviewers as digital alternatives flourish. Could it happen here?
The critics: Is the web democratising opinion? People have never been slow to voice their opinions. What's changed is the way opinions are shared. But it may or may not be a conversation I want to join in with. As to whether there will always be a place for the professional critic, when newspapers are prepared to do away with foreign correspondents, one would be hard pushed to argue the case for keeping critics.
Critics in a hostile world: Critics are looking more and more like dodos.
A primary cause of our imminent extinction must be the internet.
