I’ve written a new biography of Keir Starmer that includes interviews with him, family member, close friends and advisers. But please don’t call it “authorised”…Preorder here: harpercollins.co.uk/products/keir-…

“It’s about two people growing up… I think we’re quite similar to our characters in many ways.” I spoke to Ambika Mod, Leo Woodall and David Nicholls about the deliciously nostalgic new TV adaptation of #OneDay for today’s Times Culture cover story
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.Philip Clark on the music and much more that’s missing in Maestro.⁦⁩ nybooks.com/articles/2024/…

My argument against making a sequel to the greatest rockumentary of all time. To borrow some wise words from that shag-haired philosopher, David St. Hubbins: Here Lies Spinal Tap. And why not?
thetimes.co.uk/article/b5f958…

Couldn’t agree with this more from ⁦Clive Davis⁩ - utterly joyful, fab lyrics and terrific performances - best Christmas show I’ve seen ⁦National Theatre⁩ (but does need a little trim in the second half).

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It’s Christmaaaaaaaas! My Sunday Times column semi-celebrating the prompt arrival of carols and hard-to-fathom plotting in the RSC’s The Box of Delights, and not celebrating at all Mates in Chelsea at the Royal Court
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Gosh, this piece by James McConnel is so moving. The kind that makes you stop eating your lunch and stick your nose closer to the paper

A requiem I wrote for a fallen soldier and his widow became a tribute to my son

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Had a ball at Ezra Collective last night. Make more bands THIS FUN
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A prima donna certainly hogs the limelight, but it’s the wrong one - my review of Marina Abramovic’s Callas show

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'In this oratorio, the Israelites annihilate their neighbours.' The timing is certainly acute as Jephtha returns to Covent Garden for the first time in 250 years. I spoke to Oliver Mears about his new staging, battling the Arts Council - and Anna Netrebko. thetimes.co.uk/article/85635a…

My first go at reviewing theatre for the Sunday Times - in which I find Alexander Zeldin’s The Confessions worth sitting through its desperately dull start, and Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s, a jauntier companion piece to her brilliant Sweat, does nothing for me
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'We can be better than what you see on the news.' When all seems bleak, dialogue is still possible. A remarkable piece by Richard Morrison from Berlin as Michael Barenboim takes up the mantle from his father of spearheading West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Fundación Barenboim-Said thetimes.co.uk/article/3582b9…

“Ambitious”and “freewheeling” ⁦Debra Craine⁩ reviews Free Your Mind - the visually opulent opening extravaganza (only way to describe it, the scale is phenomenal) at Aviva Studios in Manchester ⁦Factory International⁩

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For the next three months I will be working at SWNS RealLifeStories in Bristol! Please feel free to send stories, tips, events etc to [email protected] (I'll also be continuing with live music reviews for The Times while based here)

Only a radical about-turn will save English National Opera from being forced into insignificance

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Stranger Things: The First Shadow - “We thought, ‘What can we do in a theatre that hasn’t been seen on stage before?’” The Duffer Brothers and their collaborators on their spectacular new West End ⁦Stranger Things⁩ spin-off ⁦Sonia Friedman Productions⁩

thetimes.co.uk/article/strang…

Jon Fosse, who? Here's John Self's excellent guide for any newbies to Norway's Nobel winner thetimes.co.uk/article/everyt…

My piece on the end of Ghosts is out today in The Times. ‘We didn’t want to watch the show slowly die’: the cast of Ghosts on the final series

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'I have actually told you who I am now...' As The Ocean at the End of the Lane returns to the West End, Neil Gaiman tells me about rescuing his childhood, the state of storytelling, and why Good Omens 3 (if it comes) might signal the end of his TV career thetimes.co.uk/article/56b82f…

'The sculptures here are colossal, some of them three times my height. Michelangelo’s David redone by lumberjacks. They rise from stomping feet like executioner’s blocks.' The always evocative Laura Freeman on al-fresco Baselitz Serpentine thetimes.co.uk/article/74957d…