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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · 9d

Just the most wonderful Peter Hammill concert at the Royal Festival Hall tonight.

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John Earls @johnearls.bsky.social · 9d

Absolutely stunning solo performance by the incomparable Peter Hammill at @southbankcentre.bsky.social’s Royal Festival Hall tonight. A concert not so much of songs as musical dramas that completely held a rapt and rapturous audience. A terrific ‘Refugees’ encore on piano.

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Aug 12

Why are updates about the match cancellation on other platforms but not on Bluesky?

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Aug 6

Two of my favourite writers! Geoff Dyer on Martin Amis on @mymartinamis.bsky.social

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Jul 27

A great man. Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Apr 5

Have we scored yet on Bluesky?

Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Mar 6

Tremendous performance by @theweatherstation.bsky.social at Chalk in Brighton this evening. Musically adventurous, emotionally rich, such lovely and challenging music.

Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Jan 31

What a riveting Oedipus @oldvictheatre.bsky.social with the tension of the drama enhanced by an intense modern dance Chorus. It may be set in ancient Thebes, but its exploration of the conflict between rationality on the hand and superstition and populism on the other is wonderfully contemporary.

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David Lynch's Worlds @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social · Jan 16

Kyle MacLachlan's statement on the passing of David Lynch:

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Jan 16

Kyle MacLachlan pays tribute to David Lynch

"I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he’s gone ... Thank you for everything"

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Dec 30

Today is the fortieth birthday of basketball superstar LeBron James. So what better day to see King James at Hampstead Theatre, a fine play that examines male friendship and rivalry, camaraderie and ambition, through the prism of a shared love for the great man and his sport.

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Dec 26

It’s really good

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Dec 17

I was disappointed in Tate Britain’s ‘The 80s: Photographing Britain’ exhibition. The curation and commentary in the first few rooms parroted lazy far left narratives - which failed to reflect the political and social complexities of the time; and spoiled the interesting photos in the later rooms.

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Dec 10

I found The Little Foxes at the Young Vic a powerful family drama in which everyone double-crosses everyone else.

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Dec 3

So saddened by the death of John Cartwright. It was a pleasure and a privilege to work for him. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

John Cartwright obituary

Politician who left the Labour party in 1981 for the fledgling SDP but joined David Owen in resisting merger with the Liberals

www.theguardian.com

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Nov 28

I thoroughly enjoyed The Importance of Being Earnest at the National Theatre. But I thought the production overegged the camp extravagance. The play is camp enough already.

Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Nov 13

Wonderful to see Bob Dylan so on form at the Royal Albert Hall tonight. He has such great stage presence - and magnificently reimagines so many of his songs new and old, from a haunting Key West to a beautifully stripped down version of It’s All Over Now Baby Blue.

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Nov 4

Watched Juno and the Paycock at the Gielgud Theatre, and found the comic brilliance of Mark Rylance increasingly at odds with the darker themes that developed over the latter parts of the play.

Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Oct 28

Coriolanus is about an autocratic figure who refuses to accept democracy, so no contemporary resonances there. The production at the National Theatre is really impressive, growing better and stronger as the play progresses.

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Oct 24

Robert Icke’s modern retelling of Oedipus is utterly brilliant. At Wyndham’s Theatre.

Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Oct 15

Giant at the Royal Court, about Roald Dahl, is a truly wonderful play about a difficult individual and his unpalatable views. Such great writing and performances.

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Oct 12

What an engaging production of Eurydice - a reimagining of the Greek myth - at the wonderfully intimate Jermyn Street Theatre. The play explores the threads that bind and do not bind us throughout life.

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Oct 9

Not a book that has aged well….

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Art Kavanagh @www.artkavanagh.ie · Jul 20

I just noticed that because of an error on the index page of my personal site my post “Did William Empson have ADHD?” has till now been inaccessible from the index page. I thought it might be worthwhile to reup it anyway.
www.artkavanagh.ie/Empson-ADHD....

Did William Empson have ADHD (or something like it)?

I can say with a high degree of confidence that William Empson had aphantasia. But did he also suffer from ADHD? And, if so, were the two conditions connected? And how would we know?

www.artkavanagh.ie

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Martin Stott @stottmartin.bsky.social · Sep 23

The Whitney Museum of American Art has so many great paintings