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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DAVID COPPERFIELD with a cast of 3 @JSTheatre is a ghostless Dickensian Christmas treat, wins 5 mice and an extra costume-design one. Beautifully done. Rvw up, theatrecat.com And scroll down too for some fine fallen angels..and Paddington...
What does this fraught Christmas season need? Noel Coward setting politely-bred ladies panicking and scrapping over M. Maurice's moustached French magnetism. FALLEN ANGELS @MenChocFactory is great fun, and has the wonder that is Janie Dee. Rvw up, theatrecat.com
'All journalists dream of being the editor.' Balls. Dreadful job: endless pressure, no writing, having to deal with marketing types, sacking old dobbins, keeping abreast of showbiz gossip, fending off politicians. And then being dismissed on a whim. thetimes.com/article/18bd7b…
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…
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