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What is the history of British drag?
Saturday 30th September 2023
Jacob Bloomfield’s excellent new book illuminates the subject in all its wonderf…
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Anthropology
Thursday 28th September 2023
Favourite stage direction: “For most of the play Angie is the user interface of …
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Tanika Gupta on The Empress
Sunday 17th September 2023
Imperial history: Tanika Gupta’s The Empress (RSC) blends the true story of Quee…
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That Face
Saturday 16th September 2023
Text of the day: “I had a horrible journey.”
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A Mirror
Friday 1st September 2023
Text of the day: “Bax’s play may not reflect the exact words spoken by those sol…
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Rabiah Hussain on writing
Tuesday 15th August 2023
Quote of the day: “So much about language can be instinctive.”
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About Word-Play
Thursday 10th August 2023
Yesterday I went to the Royal Court to see Rabiah Hussain’s Word-Play, which had…
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Cuckoo
Tuesday 8th August 2023
Favourite stage direction: “Phone pings and alerts make different sounds dependi…
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Dear England
Friday 28th July 2023
Text of the day: “I think we all have a problem with what it is to be England at…
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