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About Leopoldstadt
Thursday 29th December 2022
A couple of days ago I watched Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt on the National Theat…
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About Four Lives
Friday 23rd December 2022
Storytelling is one of life’s essentials.
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Gender Imbalance — new stats
Monday 12th December 2022
Stats are always interesting, even if a bit dispiriting.
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Baghdaddy
Wednesday 30th November 2022
Text of the day: “My love, imagine you woke up one day and the chip shop, the to…
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Not One of These People
Tuesday 15th November 2022
Text of the day: “I’m not one of these people who takes risks with spaghetti.”
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About The Poltergeist
Tuesday 25th October 2022
Last night, at the Arcola, I witnessed the return of The Poltergeist, Philip Rid…
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Jews. In Their Own Words
Sunday 2nd October 2022
Text of the day: “I always say, ‘My dad tried to make me a good Jew, but he fail…
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James Baldwin on history
Friday 30th September 2022
Quote of the day: “History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely someth…
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John Osborne on the Monarchy
Monday 19th September 2022
Quote of the day: “My objection to the Royalty is that it is dead; it is the gol…
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