Tag: Britishness
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About Speed
Monday 5th May 2025
blogLast week, I finally caught up with Speed, at the Bush.
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How do musicals symbolize our national identity?
Tuesday 2nd July 2024
blogGrace Barnes’s excellent new book is both provocative and illuminating
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When Winston Went to War with the Wireless
Saturday 15th July 2023
blogText of the day: “Most of the good things in this world are badly distributed an…
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Further Than the Furthest Thing
Tuesday 28th March 2023
blogText of the day: “Start dressing a little like Britons.”
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Good Nights Out: A History of Popular British Theatre Since the Second World War
Friday 29th January 2021
blogYesterday, my latest book was published in paperback.
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Corpse!, Park Theatre
Thursday 5th March 2020
reviewRevival of the celebrated comedy thriller is all plot and few laughs — and it’s …
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You Stupid Darkness!, Southwark Playhouse
Monday 20th January 2020
reviewNew play about optimism is compassionate in conception, but repetitive and frust…
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Good Nights Out: A History of Popular British Theatre 1940–2015
Thursday 12th December 2019
blogThis time, I have taken a critical look at about 75 years of British theatre his…
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Cyprus Avenue
Saturday 16th March 2019
blogText of the day: “I fly the flag of the Union from the rooftop of our house.”
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