Clive Davis
@CliveDavisUK
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Chief theatre critic, The Times. I also write about music & books. Politically homeless narrowboat owner. Insta: clivephotos
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Joined June 2012
Another world...
This a such a wild story, a revisiting of the NY tabloid sensation a century ago over a wealthy heir's attempt to annul his marriage because his wife had "deceived" him over her racial background. A window into another time, so well told by Laura Wexler:
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Elon Musk reposted an AI-generated video depicting triumphant celebrations in the streets of Venezuela after US forces' shock capture of Nicolás Maduro. https://t.co/z9oWFfKteD
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“When homicide rates rise, the groups that were already most vulnerable to violence pay the price.”
An uncomfortable truth is black murders increased in sync with the rise of BLM in 2015 and then skyrocketed after the "mostly peaceful" post-Floyd BLM protests of 2020. Not because Black Lives don't matter, but because the movement was rooted in a flawed anti-policing ideology.
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Really recommend Blue Moon. Ethan Hawke is terrific as Lorenz Hart, Andrew Scott makes a suave Richard Rogers. (And, maybe stretching the facts a little, there's a glimpse of a young Stephen Sondheim too.)
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An actual White House tweet. Translation: Fuck around, find out.
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A good way to start the theatrical year! Patricia Hodge is one of many delights in Tom Littler's Wodehousey spin on The Rivals @OrangeTreeThtr
https://t.co/euRVna9pGg
thetimes.com
Tom Littler’s slick and colourful revival of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 1775 comedy of manners is a treat
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What if the Beatles had failed at the first hurdle? @rayconnolly's counterfactual drama. https://t.co/xFcM3Dihzn
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What would have happened to The Beatles if George Martin had turned them down?
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Bonus Episode of the David Frum Show: This is not regime change; it's dictator change. With special guest @anneapplebaum
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There is little that would hold back Trump from declaring US forces & bases in Greenland to be annexed as sovereign US territory, among other steps. A president who sees the world in terms of spheres of influence & resource acquisition would have little compunction about this.
Trump says the US is going to be taking “a tremendous amount of wealth” out of the ground in Venezuela in the form of oil
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"And so they offer no relief/ From Sturm und Drang and angst and grief..." Here's "Everybody Wants To Be Sondheim", the song I mentioned in my feature. Written by Alan Chapman, performed here by the wonderful Amanda McBroom. https://t.co/U8FhyTHOTk
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I’m 65 today - if I should fall over I have still ‘fallen over’ not ‘had a fall.’ THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER 😎
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The other side of Stephen Sondheim: my feature on a new podcast series, launching in March, featuring Patti LuPone, Judi Dench, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Co.
thetimes.com
A new podcast, co-hosted by the theatre great’s former partner Peter Jones, reveals the man behind the musicals for the first time
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"Britain is caught in a web trying to meet obligations that many other countries simply ignore."
Well informed analysis from LabourRealists substack of just how restrictionist even the most liberal European countries have become on illegal migration, including ignoring ECHR articles and rulings
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