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Secret love letter shows softer side of Cambridge spy ring’s alleged fifth man

Intimate correspondence between John Cairncross and Gloria Barraclough features in National Archives exhibition

The Guardian - UK

Decline of drama at school prompts UK training drive for backstage work

The National Theatre is worried about a shortage of skills from costume designers, to set creators, to computer technicians

The Guardian - UK

The best biographies and memoirs of 2024

Salman Rushdie’s account of his near-fatal stabbing, a 360-degree view of Queen Elizabeth II and Al Pacino’s rags to riches career are among this year’s most compelling personal histories

The Guardian - UK

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The Strangers by Ekow Eshun review – five Black pioneers

From Malcolm X to Justin Fashanu, Eshun uses historical figures to illuminate contemporary struggles – and his own alienation

The Guardian - UK

The Strangers by Ekow Eshun review – inside the minds of extraordinary Black men

The author inhabits the perspective of five figures, from Malcolm X to footballer Justin Fashanu, in this lyrical account of their lives, a thrilling affront to the archives that exclude them

The Guardian - UK

V&A celebrates a century of national theatre archive with tribute to avid collector

New exhibition, named after ‘theatrical encyclopedia’ Gabrielle Enthoven, showcases British stage history from the Restoration to Fleabag

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re going to find the next Shakespeare’: inside DC’s $80m library renovation

The reopened Folger Shakespeare Library aims to bring a wider audience to the world’s biggest collection of the Bard’s printed works

The Guardian - US

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Ten historical Black British figures who helped shaped the country

Around 75 per cent of Britons either do not know "very much" or simply "anything" about Black British history, a survey has revealed

Evening Standard

Wyllie Longmore obituary

Other lives: Stage and screen actor who co-founded an acting school in Manchester and appeared in the film Love Actually

The Guardian - UK

Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh to explore societal prejudices by playing Richard III

Bridgerton actor, who will also direct the production, says she wants to talk about ‘body pathologising’

The Guardian - UK

Amanda Aldridge: Remembering the pioneering British opera singer and composer in Friday’s Google Doodle

Londoner whose own performing career was cut short by laryngitis reinvented herself as prolific author of romantic ‘parlour music’

The Independent UK

Google Doodle today - Amanda Aldridge's life as impressive Black musician is celebrated

Google are celebrating th life of Amanda Aldridge with a new Google Doodle. The world's most popular search engine often changes its face to show off famous characters, people or events

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