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Distant socialising
Writer Jan Woolf reflects on the benefit of talking among your selves during lockdown
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DIARY
Distant socialising
Among other things, writer JAN WOOLF reflects on statistics as an anaesthetic, disinfectant as the only Covid joke in town and how 'normal' has become a contentious word
DIARY
DIARY
Distant Socialising
Writer JAN WOOLF on delights and dodginess, from Devs to Captain Tom's NHS fundraiser
Theatre
Theatre
Death of England, National Theatre London
Rafe Spall brilliantly conveys the conflicted mindset of a white working-class ‘loser’
Theatre
Theatre
Albion, Almeida Theatre London
State of the nation takes root in an English country garden
Theatre Review
Theatre Review
Europe ahead of its time
Written 25 years ago, there's an unnerving prescience to this brilliant play in the era of Brexit, says JAN WOOLF
Theatre Review
Theatre Review
The Censor, Hope Theatre, London
Challenging exploration of sex and censorship from Anthony Neilsen
Publishing
Publishing
From strength to strength
JAN WOOLF celebrates the forward march of radical publisher Pluto Press, which is about to mark its 50th birthday
Exhibition review
Exhibition review
Image restoration
Christine Keeler was pilloried by the Establishment and the tabloids but a new exhibition salvages her tarnished reputation in a telling commentary on class, male power and sexual politics, says JAN WOOLF