“There is a softer, more Gareth Southgate way to be a man”, and why the arts have reached crisis point
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Read Stephen King on Baby Reindeer and Misery here:

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‘One of the best things I’ve ever seen’: Stephen King on Baby Reindeer - and why he’s glad Misery came out first

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Very funny piece by James Marriott on podcasts today thetimes.co.uk/article/6378c7…

I spoke to the unstoppable James Graham the day after he won his second Olivier, about new play Punch, toxic masculinity, workaholism, why theatre is ‘in a dark place’ and series 2 (3 if they’ll have him) of Sherwood 🏹

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And we’re off! I chose a baker’s dozen of Proms from the new season announced today. 💥

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Please spread the word as widely as possible. Calling all English teachers but everyone else too! Theme: A Secret. Judge: Philip Pullman

Blood, tears and taboos – how periods affect a singer's voice: thetimes.co.uk/article/4dcda6…

Really happy to have this feature in The Times and The Sunday Times today – it's about a subject we should all be less afraid of talking about. (1/2)

💥💥'I’ve been touring nonstop for 21 years. I think it’s OK if I just manage the ebb and flow of the next year a little differently.' As she unveils her Edinburgh International Festival programme Nicky Benedetti talked to me about the battle for audiences - and becoming a mum thetimes.co.uk/article/30c0bb…

Who wants to prosecute rape in 2024? Almost no one, as barristers quit and the courts collapse (sometimes literally). Last year I followed two trials to understand how we got here 

🙏 @jennystevens @kiracochrane, but especially to Tyrone Silcott

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Do private schools deserve their charitable status and £3bn in tax breaks? Great to see my piece on how elite education is bracing for a Labour government (the most state-educated in history) in today’s Sunday Times Magazine

🙏 Martin Hemming

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Typically great profile of the Nutcracker's star turn by Kate Mossman

Female intelligence officers gave repeated warnings of the October 7 attack on Israel. Their male superiors told them it was ‘nonsense’, ‘imaginary’ and threatened disciplinary action

Grimly compelling by Mary Ann Sieghart on war and the authority gap

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Great to see Stuart McGurk's gripping account of how one detective took on an international network of 'romance fraudsters' as a @longreads & The Sunday Long Read editors' pick

Free to read

‘In the time it takes to answer your phone and say, “Hello, who’s that?”, your voice can be cloned to send to anyone, saying anything. The only thing AI can’t yet replicate is human breathing'

Stuart McGurk unravels the fake boyfriend business

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