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theatre magic is what happens around the words
bfletcherwatson.bsky.social Ben Fletcher-Watson @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social · 1d
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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We need more than a temporary pause, we need a permanent ceasefire and a real future beyond this oppression, domination and endless grief.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
pault00.bsky.social
If you're not playing 1st ed rules, you're not playing DnD. 😏
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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We-Couldn't-Decide-A-Name-But-Please-Let-Us-Run-The-Country Party.
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Popular Allotment Party
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
pault00.bsky.social
Showing us exactly how lucky we are he was never PM.
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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I propose the Chinua Achebe Party
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
pault00.bsky.social
A major part of Roman history is concerned with issues around the cura annonae

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura_ann
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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barristersecret.bsky.social The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 3d
This is off the top of my head.

These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.

Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?

“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”

It is absolutely mind-boggling.
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
pault00.bsky.social
That book has had me howling with laughter every time I've read it. I still think it's his best book.
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Any old ragebait shit
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM