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Random Musing: Trumpery – the Middle English word that eerily predicted the era of Donald Trump

The notion lives on in a post-colonial society where English – and who has access to it – is a marker of civility and civilisation. The Higgins-Macaulay Complex continues to haunt post-colonial societies, but there are times when the English language can be oddly prescient.

The Times of India · Mar 31

Alan Strachan obituary

Director in the West End and regional theatre for five decades who often worked with the playwright Alan Ayckbourn

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025

Imelda Staunton and her daughter Bessie Carter: ‘I saw Mum on stage marrying a stranger and started to cry’

INTERVIEW: The mother and daughter make a marvellous pair on stage in ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’. Claire Allfree sits down with the duo to talk Academy Awards, the Harry Potter reboot, and what younger actors can learn from the late Queen’s work ethic

The Independent UK · May 25, 2025

OPINION - Characterful British accents are dying out — what a tragedy

George Bernard Shaw famously observed that “it is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him.” That was in the preface to Pygmalion, whose hero, Professor Higgins, was a phoneticist who could identify which bit of London any individual Cockney came from —…

Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2023

Patsy Ferran on stage stardom, performing with Paul Mescal, and Pygmalion: ‘I only ever watched the first 75 per cent of My Fair Lady’

She stepped in to play Blanche to Paul Mescal’s Stanley at the 11th hour. Now she’s taking on her childhood dream role of Eliza Doolittle. Andrzej Lukowski talks to Patsy Ferran, the most exciting stage actor of her generation

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2023

The rise of actor Patsy Ferran: ‘I’m a bit of a duck: calm on the surface…’

She cancelled her honeymoon to star in A Streetcar Named Desire with four days’ notice – then won the 2023 Critics’ Circle best actress award. She talks to the Observer’s theatre critic, an early champion, about her next move

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023

Tim Ryan raises his alpha status

Ryan shows the weakness of opponent J.D. Vance, who has bent the knee to Trump, in the race for a Senate seat in Ohio.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2022

Bernard Shaw, Icon Of TV News Journalism, Dies At 82

CNN’s Bernard Shaw, long regarded as the last neutral anchor in TV news,  has signed off at the age of 82. Of Shaw, Sen. John McCain famously said “I cannot tell you whether Bernie is a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or vegetarian.”

Zenger · Sep 11, 2022

Bernard Shaw: Unflappable journalist and CNN’s first chief news anchor

A stalwart on the 24-hour news network, the former US marine helped elevate CNN to global prominence with his riveting coverage from Baghdad during the 1991 Gulf War

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2022

Bernard Shaw, longtime CNN anchor, has died at 82

During the era that many viewers learned to watch CNN during breaking news, Shaw was its first chief anchor, reporting on stories from the shooting of President Reagan to the bombing of Baghdad.

WEKU · Sep 8, 2022