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Six books (and one play) to read to understand British politics today

With a general election on the horizon in 2024, this holiday season is a good time to curl up with a book that explains the state of British politics and society today. We asked politics experts for their recommendations.

The Conversation · Dec 22, 2023

The Trials review – a teenage jury call their climate-ruining elders to account

The ‘dinosaur’ generation is put on trial in Dawn King’s near-future new play, graced by some nicely nuanced performances from its youthful cast

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2022

The Trials review – tomorrow’s children hold us to account for climate crimes

In a near-future world on fire, a jury of 12 young people listen to testimony from the ‘dinosaur’ generation

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2022

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The Trials at the Donmar Warehouse review: Intriguing climate change drama with activism at its roots

A courtroom drama with a difference, set in a not-so-distant dystopia hit by climate disaster

Evening Standard · Aug 17, 2022

On my radar: Vicky Featherstone’s cultural highlights

The Royal Court’s artistic director raves about a non-binary memoir, admires Gordon Brown’s stand on poverty and salutes Cornelia Parker’s proper mermaid

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2022

Twelve angry children: young jurors call adults to account for climate crisis in The Trials

Dawn King’s new play at the Donmar imagines a reckoning for environmental chaos, presided over by the kids who inherit the mess. We join the writer and cast, including stars of Heartstopper, in rehearsal

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2022

New season at London’s Donmar to include ‘shocking’ play on climate crisis

Dawn King’s dystopian courtroom drama The Trials, dubbed ‘12 Angry Young People’, is part of a programme that also includes European premieres of The Band’s Visit and A Doll’s House, Part 2

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2022

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