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  What is art? … according to me and my new mate Claude

  17th April 2026 Preamble It’s been a few years since I took this blog seriously. It started as a way of recording and illuminating my own cultural life. Following quasi retirement and concomitant dormancy. It branched out a bit. But it all got a bit much to maintain. And Covid…

  April 17, 2026
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  The Line and the Circle

  Two formal languages run through the whole of British architectural history, and the tension between them is the engine of everything worth discussing.

  April 17, 2026
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  Catching up (Part 1)

  February 2020 Yep. You read that right. February 2020. Just before you know what kicked off and the stages went dark. You would have thought that the last 18 months would have given the Tourist plenty of time and inclination to continue reporting on his cultural journey. But no. Despite…

  October 18, 2021
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  The Tin Drum at the Coronet Theatre review *****

  The Tin Drum The Coronet Theatre, 24th February 2020 I know. This is ridiculous. Posting some comments on something the Tourist saw over 18 months ago. But I started. So I’ll finish. And with some cracking live theatre now under his belt, the Tourist’s cultural mojo is back with a…

  October 1, 2021
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  My top ten theatre productions of 2019

  Even this is a month too late. Hopeless. Anywhere here is my take on the best theatre of 2019. There were a lot of really good productions in 2019. But these were the ones which pinned me to my seat. Where I was wowed by just what theatre can do.…

  January 29, 2020
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  Ten best ever songs – cover versions

  I confess I got a bit bored trying to catch up with all the high culture I have enjoyed and still intend to document. Robert Wyatt (there he is) then popped up on the playlist (I’m A Believer) and I thought a diversion was in order. So ten brilliant cover…

  December 5, 2019
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  Blood Wedding at the Young Vic review ****

  Blood Wedding Young Vic, 11th October 2019 I got a bit nervous going into this. For those who don’t know, South African director Yael Farber has a certain style, an aesthetic, and approach to interpretation of classic plays, which isn’t too everyone’s taste. For me it works. Mies Julie, Knives…

  November 19, 2019
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  Barber Shop Chronicles at the Oxford Playhouse review *****

  Barber Shop Chronicles Oxford Playhouse, 10th October 2019 My regular reader is likely on the verge of giving up on the grounds that otiose attitude, (a sign of which is that I am running out of synonyms for lazy in these preamble apologies), means most of these comments take so…

  November 18, 2019
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  Blues in the Night at the Kiln Theatre review ***

  Blues in the Night Kiln Theatre, 31st July 2019 Right. I’ll cut to the chase. Blues in the Night isn’t really a work of drama. Or really musical theatre. It is a nostalgic revue purporting to tell the story of three women, the Lady (Sharon D Clarke), the Woman (Debbie…

  September 15, 2019
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  Latest London theatre recommendations October 2018

  There have been a few new seasons announced in luvvie-world so I thought I would let you know what might be interesting. Remember dear reader I have no axes to grind or mates to support so no biases here. I simply have nothing better to do. So my economic inactivity…

  October 5, 2018