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Stephen Fry broke his leg, pelvis and several ribs after dramatic stage fall: ‘This is my first outing’

Author and TV presenter had been quiet in the weeks since he fell six feet from a stage at the O2 Arena

The Independent UK

No utopia: experts question Elon Musk’s vision of world without work

Using AI to create less and better work would benefit society but getting rid of it altogether would be unproductive, experts say

The Guardian - UK

The Gilded Age review – it takes some nerve to give Oscar Wilde a cameo … then grant him no good lines

Though Julian Fellowes’ tale of New York aristos never fizzes as it should, you will still swallow it whole … even if it feels wrong with every fibre of your being

The Guardian - UK

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OPINION - Freedom of Speech: Be strong, the offence bogeyman hates the truth

Theatre and film director Sean Mathias fears the policing of language will force all to work from text books

Evening Standard

The history of the Yellow Book – the 19th century journal that celebrated women writers

In the middle of the final decade of the 19th century, Britain was the most powerful and richest nation on earth, with the largest empire ever known. The nation might be thought to have had nothing of which to be frightened, yet frightened it was.

The Conversation

Did Oscar Wilde set back the cause of gay rights? Author Tom Crewe on why the great playwright is no hero

The author of award-winning alternative history novel ‘The New Life’ tells Louis Chilton how Wilde’s trial set back a moment of optimism

The Independent UK

The Canterville Ghost: Oscar Wilde's ghost story gets new life in this funny and stylish animated adaptation

Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost feels quite ghostly itself, doomed to walk the earth through its many adaptations. There have been at least 14 television versions, the most recent in 2021, and it has not been long since cinemagoers encountered director Yann Samuell’s French-Belgian version, Le Fantôme de Canterville (2016).

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The Canterville Ghost review – spooky Halloween animation reunites Fry and Laurie

Oscar Wilde’s short story is the basis for this energetic family cartoon, with a spirited ghost voiced by Stephen Fry and a brief visit from confrere Hugh Laurie

The Guardian - UK

When four politicians walk into a room

There were, says Grant Robertson, a lot of professors of hindsight economics in the room at the ASB Queenstown finance debate. Newsroom's Jonathan Milne was also there.

Newsroom.co.nz

Sydney Theatre Company's new The Importance of Being Earnest: fresh, funny and completely joyous

It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and performed in February 1895, Ibsen’s A Doll’s House was already 16 years old. Both plays, in different ways, expose the foundations of society (marriage; class; money; property) to searching critique.

The Conversation

‘Make them laugh – or they’ll kill you’: my riotous play about a dangerous drinking game

As her play about toxic secrets and old friends hits the stage, the host of The Guilty Feminist podcast explains how studying Wilde and Shaw showed her the subversive power of laughter

The Guardian - UK

Mikey Robins' new book examines stupidity's stupendous lineage

The Newcastle comedy legend is coming to Lake Macquarie.

Newcastle Herald

Oscar at the Crown review – going Wilde in the nightclub

Oscar Wilde hides in a bunker on a dystopian dance floor, but while there is much high-energy music there is little drama

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Fry says reading about Oscar Wilde made him fear ‘a cursed life’ as a gay man in Britain

Broadcaster and writer was influenced by learning about the homophobia the 19th-century Irish poet faced

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Evening Standard

Kettner’s Townhouse: Historic Soho restaurant back open to the public for the first time in years

Kettner’s Townhouse, one of London’s oldest restaurants, has been a favourite of kings, celebrities, and dough ball afficianados in its 156-year history

The Guardian - UK

‘Complex. Unsettling. Creepy.’ Jarvis Cocker, Colm Tóibín and more on the disturbing genius of Artangel

From prison cells to department stores, for the past 30 years the visionary commissioning body has created unforgettable artworks in unlikely spaces. Famous fans pick their favourite works

The Guardian - UK

Britain is the Dorian Gray economy, hiding its ugly truths from the world. Now they are exposed

Our rulers painted false pictures of success while real wealth and wages withered away, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

Why was Britain seduced by an upper-class liar?

Letters: Readers reflect on why voters are prepared to overlook the shortcomings of the likes of Boris Johnson

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The Independent UK

Sarah Snook to play all 26 roles in West End production of The Picture of Dorian Gray

‘Succession’ star set to undertake impressive challenge on the London stage

Evening Standard

Succession’s Sarah Snook is returning to West End in one-woman production of The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Golden Globe-winning Australian actress will play 26 different characters in the Theatre Royal Haymarket show starting in January 2024

The Guardian - AU

Sarah Snook to play Dorian Gray as hit Australian production heads to London’s West End

The Succession star will take over role from actor Eryn Jean Norvill in The Picture of Dorian Gray, which toured Australia to sell-out audiences

The New Daily

Snook bound for West End in Australian hit Dorian Gray

Succession's Sarah Snook will take Sydney Theatre Company's groundbreaking one-woman show The Picture of Dorian Gray to London's West End.

Bangkok Post

Guru's Weekly Buzz: June 9-15

Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel deals to indulge in.

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Operation Mincemeat; 4000 Miles; The Circle – review

SplitLip honour as well as spoof with their all-conquering espionage musical. Plus, Eileen Atkins at her most subtle, and a new twist on Somerset Maugham

Evening Standard

OPINION - I grew up in a house without books — it was the BBC that educated me

One has a right to judge of a man,” wrote Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray, “by the effect he has over his friends.” One also has the right to judge an institution by the effect it has over its enemies. The BBC’s enemies include a clutch of…

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