Tag: history
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The Literary Gaze
Sunday 1st June 2025
writingHere is a sample from the introduction to my latest book about postwar British t…
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Playfight
Monday 21st April 2025
blogFavourite stage direction: “An oak tree.”
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AJP Taylor on a quiet life
Wednesday 19th June 2024
blogQuote of the day: “Conformity may give you a quiet life; it may even bring you t…
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Tanika Gupta on The Empress
Sunday 17th September 2023
blogImperial history: Tanika Gupta’s The Empress (RSC) blends the true story of Quee…
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James Baldwin on history
Friday 30th September 2022
blogQuote of the day: “History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely someth…
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Richard Holmes on talking about your past
Thursday 21st July 2022
blogQuote of the day: “Moreover, all of these people treated the fact of my being a …
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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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