Literary editor and chief book reviewer of the Times who later joined the Observer as its theatre critic Michael Ratcliffe, who has died aged 89, was the former theatre critic of the Observer. He was one of the last of the "man of letters" breed of journalist who encompassed all the arts, with experience, erudition and a regard for the great tradition, especially in Europe, but an open, expansive and always analytica…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AM on March 26, 2025