Martin Stott
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So sad about Tom Stoppard. I love his plays, and have been so blessed to see so many of them.
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
So sad about Tom Stoppard. I love his plays, and have been so blessed to see so many of them.
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Such a distressing story
Afghanistan is now a country where the youngest and poorest are trapped between hunger at home and violence on the streets. Child workers face arrest, forced labour, and the risk of disappearance in Taliban custody.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Such a distressing story
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What a beautiful tribute.
What a beautiful tribute.
‘Her amazing smile was undimmed, and I would try anything to summon it’ | The Observer
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November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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What a beautiful tribute.
What a beautiful tribute.
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This is such a shock. I so loved reading her pieces and have been waiting for her return. So sad to learn this news.
This is such a shock. I so loved reading her pieces and have been waiting for her return. So sad to learn this news.
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
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November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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This is such a shock. I so loved reading her pieces and have been waiting for her return. So sad to learn this news.
This is such a shock. I so loved reading her pieces and have been waiting for her return. So sad to learn this news.
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It looks likely that the Chancellor will need to raise taxes in the autumn Budget.
This is an opportunity to make the tax system fairer while also raising revenue.
Lord David Willetts makes the case for equalising the tax treatment between pensioners and working-age people ⤵️
This is an opportunity to make the tax system fairer while also raising revenue.
Lord David Willetts makes the case for equalising the tax treatment between pensioners and working-age people ⤵️
October 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It looks likely that the Chancellor will need to raise taxes in the autumn Budget.
This is an opportunity to make the tax system fairer while also raising revenue.
Lord David Willetts makes the case for equalising the tax treatment between pensioners and working-age people ⤵️
This is an opportunity to make the tax system fairer while also raising revenue.
Lord David Willetts makes the case for equalising the tax treatment between pensioners and working-age people ⤵️
Just the most wonderful Peter Hammill concert at the Royal Festival Hall tonight.
October 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Just the most wonderful Peter Hammill concert at the Royal Festival Hall tonight.
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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.
October 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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.
Two of my favourite writers! Geoff Dyer on Martin Amis on @mymartinamis.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Two of my favourite writers! Geoff Dyer on Martin Amis on @mymartinamis.bsky.social
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
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July 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A great man. Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
Tremendous performance by @theweatherstation.bsky.social at Chalk in Brighton this evening. Musically adventurous, emotionally rich, such lovely and challenging music.
March 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Tremendous performance by @theweatherstation.bsky.social at Chalk in Brighton this evening. Musically adventurous, emotionally rich, such lovely and challenging music.
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.
January 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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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Kyle MacLachlan's statement on the passing of David Lynch:
January 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Kyle MacLachlan's statement on the passing of David Lynch:
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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"
"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"
January 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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"
"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"
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.
December 30, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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.
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.
December 17, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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.
I found The Little Foxes at the Young Vic a powerful family drama in which everyone double-crosses everyone else.
December 10, 2024 at 10:45 PM
I found The Little Foxes at the Young Vic a powerful family drama in which everyone double-crosses everyone else.
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
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December 3, 2024 at 9:40 PM
So saddened by the death of John Cartwright. It was a pleasure and a privilege to work for him. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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.
November 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM
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.
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.
November 13, 2024 at 11:21 PM
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.
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.
November 4, 2024 at 11:01 PM
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.
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.
October 28, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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.
Robert Icke’s modern retelling of Oedipus is utterly brilliant. At Wyndham’s Theatre.
October 24, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Robert Icke’s modern retelling of Oedipus is utterly brilliant. At Wyndham’s Theatre.
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.
October 15, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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.