Libby Purves
@lib_thinks
12 forgotten novels,journalism, formerly Times theatre critic - now http://Theatrecat.com. R4 presenter & loyalist 40+yrs, thrown out 2017
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PADDINGTON the musical cohld have been awful but is actually...lovely. Believed all the way. Tvw up, theatrecat.com
Great to see lengthy discussion of my book Someone Else's Music in today's @thetimes from @lib_thinks! 'Wilson points out that the early BBC “treated opera as a gift to be shared without apology”. It took later generations to be derisive or defensive'. thetimes.com/comment/column…
Brazil uses a remarkable policy called Redemption Through Reading, allowing inmates to shorten their prison time by four days for every approved book they finish. To qualify, prisoners must write a handwritten essay showing they truly understood the book, which can be from…
Seems the government really believes the bill can be made safe. Here are some other verdicts:
Govt has come out swinging for Assisted Dying Bill, despite saying they're 'neutral'. Govt Chief Whip says Lords will be made to sit an "eight additional Fridays" by end March. Lords usually sit only one Friday a month. Typically there are about ten a year. £10m cost for 1 PMB
ALL MY SONS @WyndhamsTheatre is Arthur Miller at his most wrenchingly brilliant, and Ivo Van Hove does it honour, as he did with View from the Bridge. Rvw up, theatrecat.com And there is also the grand & maverick PARTENOPE @E_N_O .
Absurdity and utter transcendence. PARTENOPE @E_N_O is purest joy.A Handelthon in festive mood, with sock-suspenders and a counter tenor rolling downstairs mid-aria. Rvw up from a very happy theatrecat.com . Y'welcome.
🗣️ Kevin Spacey interview: "Even though I tried not to be a jerk, I think that to some degree I always was a jerk" Find out about the Oscar-winning actor's musical comeback tour and how, seven years on, he reflects on the allegations against him ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/1…
With @ShabanaMahmood and @KemiBadenoch , Britain seems to be having an excellent revolution into common sense, run by women of colour who take no shit from anyone...
We should be grateful to @carla_denyer for demonstrating what happens when self-important stupidity meets the intelligence of @ShabanaMahmood. Always helpful to be reassured that ability makes you better.
We should be grateful to @carla_denyer for demonstrating what happens when self-important stupidity meets the intelligence of @ShabanaMahmood. Always helpful to be reassured that ability makes you better.
And what about those foxes living in Chelsea (see Times todsy) at mercy of even more such uppermiddle attackers?
The tragedy of this is it makes the foxes more vulnerable to their apex predator, the lawyer in a kimono.
The tragedy of this is it makes the foxes more vulnerable to their apex predator, the lawyer in a kimono.
Has anyone studied foxes in Britain to see if this has happened too? My sense is that foxes seem slightly tamer, or at less scared of humans; some will let me walk right past rather than running off x.com/Dexerto/status…
It would have been really good if this article could have quoted me. I've only written the book on the subject!
Opera ‘off-putting’ to people without social connections — even the rich thetimes.com/uk/media/artic…
East Suffolk people! On Saturday next, A SHORT GENTLEMAN, a short but fine play, is at The Cut @TheCut . Worth catching. Brief rvw up, theatrecat.com
He's still got it, old Ken!
Ken Clarke, "I'm a great fan of the BBC. It's a great national institution. Probably the best source of news in the world" "I'm a total opponent of Donald Trump who I think is a danger to the world in many different ways" Then goes on to explain how the clips were edited…
Sort of trust Samir…
Three Darlington nurses interviewed on the BBC National News at 10. It is interesting what a memo can do, eh?
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