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Novelist (4th Estate); Dramatist (BBC); and independent scholar of radio, BBC history and British national identities. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇫🇷🇵🇱
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Went to Housemates at Sherman Theatre in co-production with Hijinx. It’s a play with music based on the true story of how institutional care for people with a learning disability was challenged and ended in Cardiff. Superb piece of theatre - loud, funny, joyous - touring Wales starting next week.

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If it is possible to win Bluesky, Dan Rhodes has managed it today by being able to point to this passage from his 2021 novel Sour Grapes. Ten out of ten. No notes.

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Lovely, sane piece on national belonging by Robert Shrimsley in the FT. www.ft.com/content/6992...

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Trying not to respond on a personal level to the private school discourse. BUT if you are upset that state schools do not teach music you could consider moving from England to Wales where we did not have the education reforms of the ‘10s and *everyone* is still taught music, drama, dance and art.

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For 2,500 years, women have been fighting for their place in our democracies. Ahead of International Women's Day, we trace the slow path towards equality.

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Very good thread here 👇

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Srsly, if you're jaded of other media, in these difficult times, do give the BBC World Service a try. Different perspectives. Just give me the facts, ma'am!

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Agree with everything Sunder says here but also (personal bugbear) she’s an *educator*. A good/ambitious educator would say to their students: national identity is inherently unstable and lacking in firm boundaries. It is a construct which means that it is fluid and demonstrates the way in which….

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Colours in Porthcawl really lovely today…

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Still time to fill in this consultation - with handy tips from ALCS as it's a bastard to fill in otherwise (I filled it in before any guides were online and hoooo boy).

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Took family to this today. Such a great production. Also delighted to see really well attended showings all over Cardiff. Still on in various cinemas. In a truly terrific cast, Ronke Adekoluejo was a stand out.

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Terrific piece by Katie Hims - summing up the current crisis as BBC audio drama is being dismantled from within… www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Stayed up until 3 this morning finishing The Proof of my Innocence by @jonathancoe.bsky.social Such an enjoyable read. Playful, funny, serious, political, literary - it’s all of these. A complete delight…

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