Tag: poverty of academic life
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God’s Dice, Soho Theatre
Wednesday 6th November 2019
reviewBelieve in ideas? New play from David Baddiel stars Alan Davies as a scientist d…
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The Philanthropist
Monday 29th May 2017
blogText of the day: “I think that if one manages in one’s lifetime not only to come…
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Harold Pinter on meaning
Tuesday 17th January 2017
blogOne from the archives: “Once, many years ago, I found myself engaged uneasily in…
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Sarah Kane: an interview
Friday 1st January 2016
writingOne from the archives: an interview with playwright Sarah Kane dated 1998, the y…
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Christopher Lasch on modern radicalism in America
Wednesday 26th February 2014
blogQuote of the day: “The main argument of this book is that modern radicalism or l…
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The Mistress Contract, Royal Court
Wednesday 5th February 2014
reviewTelevision writer Abi Morgan’s new play is clichéd in its writing and unconvinci…
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Frank Furedi on Conformism
Wednesday 1st January 2014
blogText of the day: “One of the book’s main objectives is to confront the powerful …
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Frank Furedi on Intellectuals
Tuesday 5th November 2013
blogQuote of the day: “One of the most striking manifestations of the banalization o…
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Hostile to new writing?
Thursday 19th September 2013
blogProvocation of the day: Playwright David Edgar attacks the ideological hostility…
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