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No life / Do I have what it takes to be a magistrate?

Lloyd Evans has narrated this article for you to listen to. I’m thinking of becoming a magistrate. Before applying, I was advised to attend a few...

12.03.2026 10

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My burning ambition for my old school

Every boy longs to see his school burn down and for me the dream came true twice. In February 1977, I was walking to Sunday Mass when I spotted a...

12.03.2026 8

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Fans of George Eliot are in for a shock: Bird Grove at Hampstead Theater reviewed

Fans of George Eliot are in for a shock: Bird Grove at Hampstead Theater reviewed

Bird Grove by Alexi Kaye Campbell is a comedy of manners set in 1841. A portly suitor, Horace, arrives at a respectable house intending to propose to...

11.03.2026 10

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Fans of George Eliot are in for a shock: Bird Grove at Hampstead Theatre reviewed

Bird Grove by Alexi Kaye Campbell is a comedy of manners set in 1841. A portly suitor, Horace, arrives at a respectable house intending to propose to...

05.03.2026 10

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The blandness of Hugh Bonneville

Shadowlands, by William Nicholson, is a solid and unsurprising account of the brief marriage between C.S. Lewis (known as Clive), and the American...

26.02.2026 9

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Theatre / The blandness of Hugh Bonneville

Shadowlands, by William Nicholson, is a solid and unsurprising account of the brief marriage between C.S. Lewis (known as Clive), and the American...

26.02.2026 7

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Dazzling: I’m Sorry, Prime Minister at the Apollo Theatre reviewed

Jim Hacker is back in the West End. I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, written by Jonathan Lynn (who co-wrote the original TV series), brings us the former...

19.02.2026 9

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Theatre / No chemistry between the performers: Arcadia at the Old Vic reviewed

The Old Vic’s production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard has a vital component missing. The house. Stoppard’s brilliant historical comedy is set in a...

16.02.2026 10

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No chemistry between the performers: Arcadia at the Old Vic reviewed

12.02.2026 4

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Marvellously conservative: Cable Street reviewed

05.02.2026 6

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Theatre / If this play is correct, the Foreign Office is a joke

03.02.2026 9

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If this play is correct, the Foreign Office is a joke

29.01.2026 10

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Why is this low-grade Ayckbourn play in the West End?

22.01.2026 20

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The rebellion will have a craft stall

18.01.2026 9

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Oh, Mary!'s climax is an inspirational bit of comedy

15.01.2026 20

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No life / My advice to the next generation

12.01.2026 10

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Theatre / Why has the National got it in for Oirish peasants?

09.01.2026 10

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Why has the National got it in for Oirish peasants?

08.01.2026 10

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The bitter truth about New Year’s Eve

31.12.2025 10

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Until Truss faces her enemies, she remains an irrelevance

06.12.2025 10

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A sack of bilge: End, at the Dorfman Theatre, reviewed

27.11.2025 10

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No life / The art of having no friends

24.11.2025 10

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The babyishness of Hunger Games on Stage

20.11.2025 10

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Theatre / This Othello is almost flawless

19.11.2025 10

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Theatre / This Othello is almost flawless

17.11.2025 10

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Theatre / This Othello is almost flawless

17.11.2025 6

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One of the best plays about the 1980s ever staged

06.11.2025 10

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Perfection: Hampstead Theatre’s The Assembled Parties reviewed

30.10.2025 10

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Theatre / Why was the 19th century so full of bigots and weirdos? 

29.10.2025 10

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Dominic Cummings: why the elites keep getting politics wrong

24.10.2025 6

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Why was the 19th century so full of bigots and weirdos? 

23.10.2025 7

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Tracy Letts’s magic touch

16.10.2025 7

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Stephen Fry is the perfect Lady Bracknell

09.10.2025 8

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No life / Nutrition is a bogus creed

08.10.2025 10

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No life / Nutrition is a bogus creed

08.10.2025 10

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Obsolete message: Led By Donkeys in conversation, reviewed

04.10.2025 7

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No life / Nutrition is a bogus creed

04.10.2025 10

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A dazzling musical celebration of the 1970s

02.10.2025 10

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An amazing piece of entertainment: Reunion, at the Kiln Theatre, reviewed

25.09.2025 6

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Theatre / When Freud met Hitler

22.09.2025 20

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When Freud met Hitler

18.09.2025 10

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Inside Zarah Sultana’s ‘Your Party’ rally

13.09.2025 10

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Curtain call / David Bowie’s roguish plans for a Spectator musical

10.09.2025 9

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Mercifully short: Interview at Riverside Studios reviewed

04.09.2025 8

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Death was easier when I was a kid

02.09.2025 10

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Death was easier when I was a kid

02.09.2025 9

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Nicola Sturgeon on J.K. Rowling, Farage and Trump

30.08.2025 10

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An English Chekhov: The Gathered Leaves at Park200 reviewed

28.08.2025 10

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Glorious: Good Night, Oscar, at the Barbican, reviewed

21.08.2025 10

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Theatre / The problem with psychiatrists? They’re all depressed

18.08.2025 10

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