Libby Purves

12 forgotten novels,journalism, formerly Times theatre critic - now R4 presenter & loyalist 40+yrs, thrown out 2017

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

@alfiemoore Yes, it always feels like a cruel form of identity politics declaration.

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

WAR HORSE gallops home after 19 years of triumph to @NationalTheatre . Is it still fresh and sparking wonder? https://t.co/fUoQquqSpe assesses, and duly crumbles…

[Mand ☬ @msinghsagoo]

My Sikh community knew Digwa was a loose cannon and banned him from our Gurdwara. I had suspicions about him all along, just how the hell can a baptised Sikh act so recklessly with no regard to human life?

RIP Henry

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

Hear hear. Time for this.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

I don’t want to hear about Black Lives Matter.
I don’t want to hear about White Lives Matter.
Everyone matters.
Henry Nowak matters.

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

This is a worthwhile and cheerful idea. Read & sign. Save Christmas Cards - Urge Royal Mail to introduce a 50p seasonal Christmas stamp - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/99Ba8IoEsM via @UKChange

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

@FondOfBeetles Unwise post. Makes you sound hell.

[David Collier @mishtal]

Elderly grandmothers spreading lies about the Jewish state, demanding its boycott, and pressuring it to surrender to people who openly call for its destruction.

Rarely has antisemitism dressed so sweetly.
Rarely has it been so dangerous.

Full story here: https://t.co/05ToQNCBUp

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

Excellent

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

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@fem_mb Forgive. Do.

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@BertDalziel That spider, captive and alone, is a martyr to commemorate

[Nicola Burkinshaw @NABurkinshaw]

Increasingly convinced that @RishiSunak was the best PM for decades. Not faultless, but unquestionably decent and enormously intelligent.
https://t.co/jt9Z3DgOFx

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

@amwilson_opera Some of us 1970s people had Thorntons, where you cd buy a ragged copy of Kelly's Keys to the Classics, for 20p, and pass your Prelims with gratitude...

[UnHerd @unherd]

JK Rowling mansplained, by Sarah Ditum (@sarahditum)

What happened to JK Rowling? If only there were some kind of primary source that could tell us why she became interested in the clash between trans activism and women’s rights — say, a first-person essay.

But alas, the archive is silent. It must be, because why else would two male podcasters have taken it upon themselves to solve this supposed mystery?

This week, the ‘Origin Story’ podcast, hosted by indistinguishable journalists Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey, bravely shouldered the burden of analysing Rowling over the course of two episodes.

Do they succeed? Not remotely. But they do offer a fascinating insight into what happens when a certain kind of progressive man becomes radicalised by Bluesky.

Read more below ⬇️

https://t.co/FQG6I59mww

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

@afneil Happy birthday, old warrior!

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@nfmusic We’ve all been there. In the days of tape editing, trying to cut down a Kinnock interview…

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

@nfmusic @SebastianEPayne @HRGalley Congratulations! Long and happy times!

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

@gilescoren @dcsandbrook @bookclubpodhq Is this a competition for Most Pretentious Comment?

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

@JaneSymons1 @Glinner @davidyelland Yelland? Talking of compassion??????

[Josh Howie @joshxhowie]

This is what it is to be Jewish and go to synagogue in @MayorofLondon’s London. Coming out the tube to chants of the ‘River to the sea’ - the call to murder Jews.

[Libby Purves @lib_thinks]

@rivier Still backlashing with me....never was a superfan but now, zero