Narrative bore
I’ve been thinking a great deal about the confluence of various events: the woes of ENO, the success of their new Akhnaten production, a debate on Facebook about whether opera is losing out to music theatre, Mark Rylance’s Oscar acceptance speech, and an experience of my own. The chances are, since you’re reading this, that…
An English national disgrace
A beloved British institution is under threat, a place that has served us for many years, a place revered by many of my generation and, more particularly, the generation above mine. It’s about time I spoke out about it. It has struggled now for many years, running at a massive loss, desperately trying to woo…
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