At Home He Feels Like A Tourist

Category: Identity

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  PIG IRON 9: The Narrative Problem

  Essays in Dignity and Political Economy: In which we set out how the Left should tell its story

  June 10, 2026
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  PIG IRON 8: The Paralysis and the Possible

  Essays in Political Economy: On Getting Involved

  May 29, 2026
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  Harvey and the Continentals

  David Harvey’s The Condition of Postmodernity and the Cultural Spine of Political Economy

  May 24, 2026
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  Cymbeline: Shakespeare and the Search for National Identity

  A diversion in which we examine Shakespeare’s Cymbeline and its commentary on the conception of British nationhood.

  April 21, 2026
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  Catching up (Part 7)

  July 2021 Out West – The Overseas Student – Blue Water and Cold and Fresh – Go, Girl – Lyric Hammersmith – 7th July – ***** Rachel O’Riordan, the AD at the Lyric Hammersmith, might be as good if not better at programming plays as she is directing herself. And…

  January 31, 2023
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  Catching up (Part 3)

  April 2020 to December 2020 In which the Tourist condenses down 2020, in and out of lockdown, mostly watching stuff on a screen. Don’t worry he also took walks, saw punters when permitted and growled at the state of his disappointing nation, but it is only now he is back…

  November 5, 2021
• Acting Borders Culture Friendship Identity India London Theatre

  Santi and Naz at the Vault Festival review ****

  Santi and Naz The Thelmas, Vault Festival 2020, 30th January 2020 Now I cannot pretend that everything on offer at the Vault Festival is my cup of tea. I suspect most of the comedy and monologues are aimed at a much younger and less hidebound audience than the Tourist and…

  April 11, 2020
• Culture Europe Family Generations History Identity London Theatre Vienna

  Leopoldstadt at Wyndhams Theatre review ****

  Leopoldstadt Wyndham’s Theatre, 29th January 2020 A new play from the venerable 82 year old Sir Tom Stoppard. Not our greatest living playwright. That is Caryl Churchill, but he does know his way around a text. So booked early, for early in the run and before knowing too much about…

  March 28, 2020
• Age Christmas Culture Family Generations Identity London Politics Relationship Sexuality Theatre

  Snowflake at the Kiln Theatre review ****

  Snowflake Kiln Theatre, 28th December 2019 Lucky family. Never know what Dad is going to serve up as their Christmas theatrical treat(s). And always careful to at least try to conceal their disappointment. Having banked the virtual certain success of Mischief Theatre’s Magic Goes Wrong (of which more to come),…

  February 6, 2020
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  Amsterdam at the Orange Tree Theatre review ***

  Amsterdam Orange Tree Theatre, 5th October 2019 The UK premiere of Israeli playwright Maya Arad Yasur’s “strikingly original, audacious thriller”. Hmm. Striking yes. Original. I guess so. Audacious thriller. Not so sure. It is a fascinating story with a powerful message but its formal construction serves to distract and obfuscate…

  November 15, 2019