Tag: history
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The False Servant
Saturday 25th June 2022
blogText of the day: “How unpredictable our lives are.”
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Kevin Barry on John Lennon’s voice
Friday 27th May 2022
blogQuote of the day: “From our time and perspective, there is already an antique no…
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The Mirror and the Light, Gielgud Theatre
Thursday 7th October 2021
reviewHilary Mantel and Ben Miles perform a labour of love that has many virtues, even…
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Save the V&A Theatre & Performance Department
Monday 8th March 2021
blogThe UK has a truly amazing theatre and performance heritage.
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The Literary Gaze
Monday 1st March 2021
writingSample a couple of paragraphs from the introduction to my latest book on postwar…
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Peter Morgan on truth
Wednesday 18th November 2020
blogQuote of the day: “People bang on all the time about whether what I’ve done is t…
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Drawing the Line
Tuesday 14th April 2020
blogText of the day: “I do despair at times, who does not?”
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Top Girls, National Theatre
Wednesday 3rd April 2019
reviewEnjoyably high-definition revival of Caryl Churchill’s 1982 feminist classic get…
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Karl Marx on history
Saturday 5th May 2018
blogQuote of the day: “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts a…
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