This stellar adaptation of James Graham’s award-winning play is a stirring take on national identity – even if not all the actors look like the real footballers. Put it this way, Wayne Rooney will be…
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‘I woke up and couldn’t move’: Scottish rockers the Twilight Sad on births, death and breakdown ⊖⊖
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In the seven years since their last album, the Scots have faced down dementia and cancer. Now they’re returning with a visceral new sound – and eager to get back to globetrotting with the Cure
To say …
4 months ago
Netflix snaps up 'addictive' drama about real life game show cheating scandal hailed as a 'must-watch' by captivated viewers ○
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First released back in 2020 on ITV, the series was created by Dear England writer James Graham and based on popular novel Bad Show: the Quiz, the Cough, the Millionaire Major.
7 months ago
‘Long overdue’: England players finally follow in footsteps of giants | Aaron Bower ⊕
First series against Australia since 2003 starts on Saturday and there is no shortage of motivation for the home side
The pantheon of players who have represented England and Great Britain in the past…
14 months ago
PATRICK MARMION reviews Dear England at the National Theatre: Southgate's super sub scores a winner (despite Lineker's cheesy gags) ○
Football's come home again to the National Theatre with James Graham's funny, sunny and crowd-pleasing homage to the newly knighted Gareth Southgate.
The play that changed my life: how a pratfall in a student fringe farce made James Graham a playwright ○
Performing in Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist during A-levels was a lesson in low-art laughs and political anger that unites an audience
It was 1999. I was doing A-levels in Ashfield in No…
15 months ago
Too evil! Too smutty! Too Thatcher! When TV stars demand cuts to their scenes ○
Not all actors are comfortable with baring their behinds … or their souls. From Bridgerton to The Sopranos, some have insisted on moments being axed – although they don’t always get their way
As profe…
Too evil! Too smutty! Too Thatcher! When TV stars demand their scenes are cut ○
Not all actors are comfortable with baring their behinds … or their souls. From Bridgerton to The Sopranos, some have insisted on moments being axed – although they don’t always get their way
As profe…
James Graham unveils AI comedy at ‘greatest hits’ gala for Paines Plough ○
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Playwrights and actors paid homage to the small but mighty UK theatre company that nurtured them, as part of a fundraising initiative for new writers
A politician bounds on to the stage to talk about …
16 months ago
After 50 years, can’t we shut down this cult of Margaret Thatcher? Just look at the mess she made of Britain | Polly Toynbee ○
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A whole slew of dramas and plays mark half a century since her election as Tory leader. But there is too much gloss, when so many people are still suffering
Now she’s an opera. Yet another myth-making…