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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

Pygmalion review – Patsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel don’t find play’s heart

This Shaw revival has wonderful moments but there is little spark between Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Pygmalion at the Old Vic review: extraordinary central performances from Patsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel

The two stars dominate amid a fine supporting cast, even if this is a weird choice of revival

Evening Standard

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Silicon Valley investors want to create a new city – is 'California Forever’ a utopian dream or just smart business?

He was, said George Bernard Shaw, “one of those heroic simpletons who do big things whilst our prominent worldlings are explaining why they are Utopian and impossible”.

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

Spotify's CEO mused about being an 'unreasonable' boss—then Elon Musk and Mark Cuban piled in

Spotify founder Daniel Ek shared his "guiding motto" on X, formerly Twitter, which sparked debate.

Fortune

Lost plays of Gertrude Robins, Bernard Shaw rival, to be revived a century on

Powerful dramas that speak to today’s audiences, retrieved after British Library discovery, will be performed in London next month

The Guardian - UK

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Black Venus review – defiantly face to face with the inhuman past

The shocking life of 19th-century ‘Hottentot Venus’ Saartjie Baartman haunts a riveting show in which 18 artists respond to objectification and Black femininity

The Guardian - UK

Glimmer of hope for foot soldiers

There was encouraging news for Bangkok's pedestrians last week when the city governor announced that during the coming year there would be a major upgrade of pavements in the Big Mango. It was promised that some pavements might even become "walkable". Well, best of luck with that.

Bangkok Post

A people of an emerald isle, waiting with doosras

The Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka need five important changes to be made by them and for them

The Hindu

Angela Thorne obituary

Veteran stage and screen actor best known for her roles in the BBC’s To the Manor Born and the West End farce Anyone for Denis?

The Guardian - UK

Conversation goes ’round and ’round in flat-footed ‘Shaw vs. Tunney’

The world premiere drama by Grippo Stage Company limps and falters where it should float and sting.

Chicago Sun-Times

New play highlights improbable friendship between boxer Gene Tunney and Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw

‘Shaw vs. Tunney,’ by Doug Post, is making its world premiere at Theatre Wit this week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michael Hiltzik: Conservative attacks on abortion depend on a law that courts have snubbed for 100 years

Nothing reflects that show-stopping lyric "everything old is new again" like the tactics of the antiabortion movement — specifically, its reliance on a long-discredited 1873 law to eviscerate women's healthcare rights in the modern age.

Los Angeles Times

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The Guardian - UK

Gareth Smyth obituary

Other lives: Political journalist who covered the Middle East for 30 years, from the UK and as the Financial Times’s chief Iran correspondent in Tehran

Dublin Live

Ireland's Oscar winning history as stars hope for success at this year's Academy Awards

Ireland has had some major success at the Academy Awards over the years

Bangkok Post

The rubber tree and the hopeful ant

Throughout January PostScript has been written from my house balcony in Chaiyaphum while taking in a view of avenues of rubber trees with the occasional intrusion of stray chickens. In fact, I am surrounded by rubber trees.

The Guardian - UK

Arms and the Man review – Shaw’s women show their steel

This 1894 farce set during the Serbo-Bulgarian war is impeccably played in a production showing the playwright’s radical vision still resonates

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The Guardian - UK

Mrs Warren’s Profession review – Caroline Quentin’s bewitching madam

George Bernard Shaw’s discomfiting play finds a commanding lead in Quentin, playing alongside her real-life daughter Rose

The Guardian - UK

By all means cry God for Harry, England and St George. Just don’t puff out your chest too far

A new production of Henry V has been called a ‘woke King Harry’ – but Englishness has always been complex

The Guardian - UK

James Roose-Evans obituary

Founder director of the Hampstead theatre club who brought landmark productions to the London stage

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: TE Lawrence felt ‘bitter shame’ over UK’s false promises of Arab self rule

Deleted chapter of book by British spy who supported Arab revolt reveals his true feelings about insincere pledge of self-government

The Guardian - UK

Mona Hammond obituary

Trailblazer for black actors in Britain best known for her roles in EastEnders and Desmond’s

The Times of India

IPL 2022: Hardik Pandya 2.0 and the Gujarat Titans success story

NEW DELHI: Wonder if Hardik Pandya read George Bernard Shaw during his long injury layoff.

Daily Record

First Irish Naval visit to Scotland for over 10 years arrives in Glasgow

The Irish Naval Vessel LÉ George Bernard Shaw arrived in the city this week.

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