From pantomimes in church halls to adaptations of books in provincial theatres to RSC productions at the Barbican, I have enjoyed a lot of theatre in my time. Who my fellow audience members might be has never determined whether I watch a play or not. Even school children at matinees do not put me off […]
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I am a member of an oppressed minority. Unlike other groups which claim that label, however, I have no legal protections to defend me from bigotry. No-one touts their “allyship” with me. Nor are there well-funded campaigns telling people to be nice to me. I just have to suck up my status as a second-class
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The original Mary Poppins was released in 1964 and it has been recognised as a classic ever since, with a rating of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and 88% of Google users liking the film. It even won five Oscars. Clearly, the public has taken it to heart and a sequel was made. However, as usual,
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Your intrepid Deputy Editor was in London this week with Mrs Watson to see a show. It had long been on my bucket list to see The Book of Mormon. One of my daughters warned me that it was offensive from the get-go. I was not disappointed. In fact, as a Christian, I was so
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Banks – perhaps big corporations generally – have got too big for their boots – but banks especially. The idea is, or was, supposed to be that the bank just held your money; it held it but it was still yours, to use as you wished. But no longer. Things haven’t yet got to the
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It’s funny how times change. I can remember when Michael Jackson was black, Des O’Connor was white, and a man pretending to be a woman was the subject of comedy rather than a test of one’s bona fides. Cast-iron certainties have become somewhat corroded in the age of woke, and few remnants now survive from the
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Many years ago my wife and I had dinner with a very senior and once prominent civil servant and his wife. The civil servant was seeing his days out in the House of Lords. They were charming and interesting company, indiscreet even. When talking about our respective families, it transpired that their daughter was an
Apparently ‘countryside’ is not just another word for killing Guardian readers, it is the name of a place which occupies 90 per cent of the British landscape. Less than a fifth of the British population live in the countryside. If we are to believe the Wildlife and Countryside Link (WCL) charity, which claims to represent
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When I was a child, the BBC was unquestionably the home of quality television. Who can forget the magical 1984 Christmas treat, “The Box of Delights,” or the comedy genius of “Blackadder” and “Only Fools and Horses”? “Doctor Who” even had my father glued to the screen back in the 1980s. Times change, however. Thanks
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Sir Patrick Sanders, head of the British Army, has declared that Britain will need a ‘citizens army’ in the event of war with Russia. By this he means that the British Army is too small to play its NATO role and will need to be much augmented by volunteers if the proverbial push comes to
If War Breaks Out, Will Anyone Turn Up? Read More »
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