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21 days ago

Nostalgia, shame and gossip from Alan Bennett in the fourth instalment of his diaries

In the introduction to this new instalment of Alan Bennett’s diaries, which run from 2016 to 2024, the author worr…

3 months ago

What links Billie Eilish and George Gershwin? The Saturday quiz ⊕

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From Barclays, Cadbury and Clarks to Nith and Wampool, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 What identically named comic strips debuted in the US and UK in March 1951?
2 Which pharaoh was known…

Books to look out for in 2026 – nonfiction ⊖

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Memoirs from Liza Minnelli and Lena Dunham, essays by David Sedaris and Alan Bennett’s diaries are among the highlights of the year ahead

Over the past year we’ve been spoiled for memoirs from high-wa…

4 months ago

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius album review – Gardner and the LPO’s reading is bold and dramatic ⊕⊕

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Recorded live at the BBC Proms, Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s propulsive performance, with soloists Allan Clayton, Jamie Barton and James Platt, is one to cherish

The Dre…

5 months ago

This week's good news is that Alan Bennett, now aged 91, has written a new original screenplay.

From fiasco to feted: the story of the Dream of Gerontius, the revolutionary music of The Choral ⊖⊖

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The Choral depicts an amateur choral society in wartime Yorkshire taking on Elgar’s trailblazing and controversial work. But how much does Alan Bennett’s fiction reflect actual fact?

Nicholas Hytner’s…

This week's good news is that Alan Bennett, now aged 91, has written a new original screenplay.

Genteel manners of first world war story about repressed passion delivered with surprising sexual candour

Alan Bennett’s new film, directed by Nicholas Hytner, is a quiet and consistent pleasure: an u…

Short-term hibernation in animals is known as what? The Saturday quiz ⊕

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From a diagonal sleeve and a front fastening sweater to Tennyson, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 In what locations are unsightly objects painted in “go away green” paint?
2 Who was Miss S…

7 months ago

Toronto film festival: the actor is a reliably committed presence in this gentle Alan Bennett-scripted first world war tale which might have worked better on stage

There are simple Sunday afternoon pl…

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