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Our understanding of lightning has been driven by fear and shaped by curiosity

Playwright Tom Stoppard, in Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead, provides one of the best definitions of science: “The scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defence against the pure emotion of fear.”

The Conversation · Sep 7, 2025

Ray Brooks obituary

Star of Cathy Come Home and The Knack who later appeared in EastEnders and was the voice of Mr Benn

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

Ministers to amend data bill amid artists’ concerns over AI and copyright

Exclusive: Government will promise to carry out an economic impact assessment of its proposals

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2025

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UK government tries to placate opponents of AI copyright bill

Economic impact assessment is one concession aiming to head off opposition from MPs, peers and creatives such as Paul McCartney and Tom Stoppard

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2025

Friday essay: as the legacy media have dumbed down, The New Yorker has dumbed up

Like many, I entered The New Yorker through the cartoon door. The first cartoon I loved, and remember to this day, featured a New Yorker staple – two guys sitting in a bar – with one saying to the other: “I wish just once someone would say to me, ‘I…

The Conversation · Feb 20, 2025

The Invention of Love review – Simon Russell Beale yearns from the underworld

The quicksilver actor is a vocal glory as the poet and classicist AE Housman looking back at his younger, tormented self in Tom Stoppard’s play

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024

The week in theatre: G; The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; The Real Thing – review

Reality is up for debate in Tife Kusoro’s rapid-fire new drama, David Eldridge’s nuanced take on John le Carré, and Tom Stoppard’s most loving play

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

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The Real Thing review – Tom Stoppard’s gem still shines

Passion and art are dissected in tricksy style in a production that manages to wrongfoot the audience

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024

The Real Thing review: Tom Stoppard’s 1982 play is the writer at his most brilliant and infuriating

James McArdle and Bel Powley star in the Old Vic’s revival of Stoppard’s tricksy, self-parodical play, but it feels dated to watch middle class couples being beastly to each other in beige living rooms

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024

The Real Thing at the Old Vic review: James McArdle is a revelation in this Stoppard play

Though it suffers from dated references, the script’s intelligence and passion shines through

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2024

‘You never really know if it’s the real thing’: Bel Powley on love and Stoppard

From The Diary of a Teenage Girl to her latest stage role, the actor is drawn to projects about the tangle of sex and the messy parts of relationships

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024

Rock’n’Roll review – Tom Stoppard’s blast from the past

Stoppard’s 2006 play asks important ideological questions with typically fizzing wordplay but its growling, feral energy comes too late

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023

Rock ‘N’ Roll at Hampstead Theatre review: Some rip-roaring Stoppard writing but can we crank the volume up?

The revival of a big, weird, fascinating play suppresses more than it ignites

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2023

Tom Stoppard issues bleak warning about future ahead of Rock ‘n’ Roll theatre revival

Veteran playwright declares amid ‘cancel culture’: ‘Even saying THAT much would trouble some of my friends’

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023

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Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2023

Tom Stoppard: ‘To stop a writer’s freedom is outrageous’

Sir Tom Stoppard is fighting for freedom of expression more than ever. Robbie Griffiths speaks to him

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2023

The best (non-festive) shows to book this Christmas from Stranger Things to David Tennant's Macbeth

Want to hit the theatre but sick of the seasonal fare? Look no further...

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023

‘Is my play still relevant? I don’t care!’ Tom Stoppard on his Gaza quandary and reviving Rock ’n’ Roll

As his Velvet Revolution drama returns, the great writer talks about his mounting Israel-Gaza uncertainties, the epiphanies he has in every hot shower – and our one-star ‘corker’ review of The Crown

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023

‘I woke up in a cold sweat thinking: Gwyneth in a moustache’ – how we made Shakespeare in Love

‘Judi Dench had to wear extra high heels to give her stature as Queen Elizabeth. I dubbed her Tudor Spice. She’s only on screen for a few minutes – but she still won an Oscar’

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Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2023

OPINION - An old poison is back in the world, but I am overwhelmed with sympathy for both sides

Last month I was asked to be one of the first “signatories” of the October Declaration, which has to date been signed by 130,000 others including Tom Stoppard, Liz Truss and Richard Dawkins. This open letter condemns all acts of terrorism against civilians in Israel on October 7.

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2023

Love Actually and Wicked scripts to be auctioned in support of refugees

Fifty leading playwrights have donated annotated first and special editions of play texts and musical scripts.

Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2023

Tony Awards 2023: Full list of winners as Leopoldstadt and Kimberly Akimbo bag top prizes

Ariana DeBose presented the awards in New York City on Sunday for the second consecutive year

Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2023

Jodie Comer ‘overwhelmed’ after first Tony Award win for Prima Facie

The Killing Eve star paid tribute to her character and writer Suzie Miller as she collected the prize for best leading actress in a play.

The Guardian - US · Jun 12, 2023

Tony awards 2023: Leopoldstadt and Kimberly Akimbo win big in historic night for non-binary actors

Jodie Comer and Tom Stoppard led a big night for Brits, while J Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell triumphed in a ceremony affected by the writers’ strike

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2023

Michael Rudman obituary

Theatre director best known for his three major productions of Death of a Salesman, written by his hero Arthur Miller

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2023

Sir Tom Stoppard driven ‘daft and furious’ by writer’s block

“For the last several months I’ve been failing,” says the playwright

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