Category Archives: Politics

Nixon / Nixon / Nixon

Posted on March 5, 2016 by

“…even with such an almost endless wealth of material, both factual and fictional, to chew on, you only ever feel you’re scratching the surface of Nixon’s innermost thoughts and motivations.” Continue reading →

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Save Rhiwbina Library

Posted on January 7, 2015 by

Let’s learn to love and value all libraries, from the biggest to the smallest. Continue reading →

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Vox Populi

Posted on May 24, 2014 by

There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth on my social network timelines about the electoral success – or at the very least, media prominence – of UKIP and their equivalents in the run-up to and results of elections … Continue reading →

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Harriet Potter – the opera

There’s no doubting that a decent proportion of operas would comprehensively fail the Bechdel test…. Continue reading →

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Let Them Eat Cake

Posted on November 17, 2010 by

I can’t imagine that there is a single professional classical musician who came through the state school system who would have started on their training without their local authority’s music provision. Continue reading →

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Wait for the Fat Lady!

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

Our entire artform depends on unfolding a story before an audience, and the success of that is in our ability to play the story as if it is unfolding for the first time each time we do so Continue reading →

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Credit Crunch

Posted on September 28, 2010 by

Are we really saying that what we do is only relevant to people when they are happy, carefree, untroubled? Continue reading →

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