Martin Stott

Occasional tweets on theatre, books, music, politics, football…. Also on Bluesky

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Fortunate to hear the iconic Martha Wainwright at The Black Sheep, which she immortalised in song last time she was here.

Judging by her new material, ´these flowers are still coming up wild.’ Extraordinary.

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I was reminded of this old tweet of mine when reading Jonathan Bate in @NewStatesman

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I know Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell has received lots of awards & acclaim but I found it underwhelming. If you are going to dramatise Shakespeare’s life, at least make him interesting - like @sannewman in The Heavens or Joyce in the library chapter of Ulysses.

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A very special evening. In the Unreal City https://t.co/orRrOYZjoq

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So very sad

[David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitch]

This is very sad. A super talented, sensitive writer

[Anna Soubry 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺🖤🤍 @Anna_Soubry]

Well said @EdwardJDavey

We (Eng & Wales and Scotland) have the best Judges in the world
They are fiercely independent - brave and fair they embody British justice

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@mrianleslie Tom Sutcliffe @tds153

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@DavidGauke @NewStatesman I’m going to miss your must-read columns. Where might you be writing in future?

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@Kieronmorrisx @TranmereRovers So sad to see you leave. Best wishes for the future.

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@Ian_Reynolds87 Yes

[Richard Williams @rwilliams1947]

The Blue Moment's impressions of last night's "pretty much perfect" concert by the Weather Station in Islington:
https://t.co/s5tr8GfUFw

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@MsLesleySmith Yes, I saw both parts, I thought the plays were excellent - that was what spurred me to start reading the books.

[Oliver Kamm @OliverKamm]

I finished Middlemarch today. What a magnificent achievement; the final words are a peerlessly wise & humane philosophy of life. I’ve never seen the much-lauded 1990s BBC adaptation, which is on iPlayer. Grateful for advice on whether I should watch it.

[Martin Stott @Martin_Stott]

Eurydice @JSTheatre is an engaging reimagining of the Greek myth, exploring the threads that bind us all

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So many great pictures ⁦@whitneymuseum⁩

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In dramatising the conflict between Arthur Miller and director Elia Kazan over how to respond to McCarthyism, Here In America @OrangeTreeThtr explores contemporary themes of truth loyalty and oppression.

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The Lightest Element @Hamps_Theatre is an engaging play about feminism and astronomy, with a subplot of McCarthyism.

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A rich variety of pictures at @PallantGallery exhibition of still life in Britain, The Shape of Things. Beautifully curated as ever.

[Tranmere Rovers FC @TranmereRovers]

Everyone at Tranmere Rovers FC is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Ron Yeats.

Ron spent three years with us as player-manager between 1971 and 1974, leading Rovers to our famous win over Arsenal at Highbury in the 1973 League Cup, one of the greatest results in the Club’s history.

Our thoughts are with Ron’s family and friends at this time.

Chairman Mark Palios said: “Ron was the guy who gave me my start and signed me as a professional. He was also instrumental in the career of so many more - Ronnie Moore, Bobby Tynan, Dickie Johnson, Steve Coppell, just to name a few. He was a motivational manager and still a tremendous player, as he showed at Highbury in 1973.

“A true colossus, as Bill Shankly called him. One of the good guys in football. He’ll be sorely missed, and my thoughts are with his family.”

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Sad news about the inimitable Simon Albury https://t.co/6hROUjWeM8