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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 19h
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Review: END OF THE WORLD AND HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND, Barbican Theatre
Extraordinary spectacle delivers in Murakami adaptation that doesn't quite land
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Hope Mill Theatre
Intimate venue gets high production values to deliver a marvellous show
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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
'Delivered with such warmth and charm that your heart melts' ★★★★ AS YOU LIKE IT #RSC #Stratford - #JonathanGroff - in a dress! - is a star #Rosalind, though #FisayoAkinade's Celia almost steals the show, says @garynaylor85.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/you-...
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yep. I saw FL snr dancing round the corner flag at Elland Road in 1980 - not a good sight for an Everton fan. It was a long way home.
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There's a reason why I know John Barnes' father's job (officer in the Jamaican army). Apart from Jamie Redknapp, I do not know that info about any of the thousands of players I've come across. It is literally because his nationality was questioned.
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
John Barnes was questioned all the time, sneakily im the press, but had there been social media then it would have been all over it.
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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
★★★ AFFLUENZA #RiversideStudios - #AndySandberg's play is too rich a mix for a rich kid's tale - and two halves do not make a whole, says @garynaylor85.bsky.social, but the satire is sharp and the morality explored in some detail and with real poignancy www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/affl...
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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
★★ ANTIGONE EXITS #MinervaTheatre @chichesterft.bsky.social - #Sophocles updated, and diminished - this is bold and pacy, but lost in its ambition, says @garynaylor85.bsky.social, with much of the play's nuance mangled www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/anti...
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I suspect the only members of the 'cricket community' who didn't use it wear suits and work as cricket administrators. The Guardian's rolling blog of CC matches is a good alteenative too.
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I wonder if anyone has contacted the "See it. Say it. Sort it." numbet to report something that doesn't look right. A train running on time.
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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
★★ A SMALL AND QUIET LIGHT @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social - Docudrama about Second World War Allied spy #NoorInayatKhan lacks dramatic punch, and is disappointingly superficial and slender, says @sierz.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/smal...
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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
★★★★★ WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? #sohoplace - #MarianneElliott’s magnificent revival of Edward Albee’s classic stars #GillianAnderson and #BillyCrudup - @sierz.bsky.social on an exhilarating evening of superb acting www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/whos...
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Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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A Small and Quiet Light, Orange Tree Theatre - Aleks Sierz
Docudrama about second-world-war Allied spy Noor Inayat Khan lacks dramatic punch, and is disappointingly superficial and slender Review by Aleks Sierz
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Aleks Sierz @sierz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A brilliant revival: Chewing Gum Dreams, Theatre 503 sierz.co.uk/reviews/chew...
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Chewing Gum Dreams, Theatre 503 - Aleks Sierz
It’s a cracker: brilliant revival of Michaela Coel’s 2012 contemporary classic has a terrific renewed urgency review by Aleks Sierz
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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
★★ BULL @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social - It's a long hour with nightmarish nihilists in #MikeBarlett's hard charging satire on workplace bullying in a production by #DeafinitelyTheatre - @garynaylor85.bsky.social just wishes it wasn’t such a grim ordeal to watch www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/bull...
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What must Mrs Braverman's children think @mrjamesob.bsky.social?
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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A ★★★★½ review of De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)
In a reflection of the fractious and fragile relationship between de Gaulle and Churchill, you watch as the movie totters on the edge of hagiography, mythologising, sentimentality, nationalism, incred...
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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A ★★★★½ review of De Gaulle: Liberté (2026)
Very much Part Two of a single film with de Gaulle: Résistance, it shares the same old-fashioned approach to epic film-making and, of course, the same cast. The emphasis shifts somewhat away from de G...
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ta!
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes | Larry Elliott
Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The five county cricketers of the year – 2026
A player can only make the list once. View the previous winners: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 Ethan Bamber – the man with the answers Actors know a bit about taking…
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I heard Janice Turner on Times Radio analysing changes to Right to Remain policy / safe routes for refugees from horrendously dangerous places entirely in terms of votes from and to Reform and the Greens. If you want to know what hope is, it's rejecting that calculus and putting human beings first.
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please do. Once comments are closed, I'm very happy for my words to go anywhere, but you might want to use the versions at nestaquin.wordpress.com to avoid copyright. I am under a contarct at The Guardian and I wouldn't want to queer that pitch as they've been good to me for many years.
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Considered Cricket Analysis From Beyond the Boundary
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Warwickshire peaked at the right time and are worthy champions
The final weeks of the season brought joy for Warwickshire, agony for Somerset, and promotion for Kent and Durham
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
SW17, but we're all in the same boat (bad metaphor really). Seems that it is coming back now.
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Five London boroughs have no water or low pressure, Thames Water says
Specialists are on their way to investigate the issue, the company said in an update on its website.
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is there a problem with the water supply in Tooting? Contacting Thames Water seems impossible of course.
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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
★★★★★ TABLE 17 #KilnTheatre - Sustained collective laughter is the most beautiful noise in theatre, says @garynaylor85.bsky.social, and #DouglasLyons’ award-winning two-and-a-half hander is a warm, witty and wonderful comedy www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/tabl...
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Quotes by Topic, Books and Authors | Bookey
Bookey selected the Best quotes from bestsellers, popular authors and different topics. Each quote presents an explanation to inspire you anywhere, anytime.
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Review: THE LAST SHIP, starring Sting, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Plenty of heart in this full-throated condemnation of Mrs Thatcher's industrial policies, but great songs and a great set do not a musical make
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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
CATARINA AND THE BEAUTY OF KILLING FASCISTS @nationaltheatre.org.uk - #TiegoRodrigues’s provocative if also heavy-handed #Portuguese drama, a hit at the #AvignonFestival pays a welcome visit to UK - it's a thoroughly uncomfortable watch, says @sierz.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/cata...
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Review: CATERINA AND THE BEAUTY OF KILLING FASCISTS, National Theatre
Disturbing and distressing, but a production for our times
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Guardian Sport @sport.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
County cricket: Warwickshire are one win away from securing the title
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County cricket: Warwickshire are one win away from securing the title
Warwickshire will be champions if they beat Leicestershire, but Nottinghamshire and Somerset can still have a say By the 99.94 Cricket Blog This article is from The 99.94 Cricket Blog Continue reading...
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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County cricket: Warwickshire are one win away from securing the title
Warwickshire will be champions if they beat Leicestershire, but Nottinghamshire and Somerset can still have a say
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you're still on the fence about whether AI is good or bad for society, consider this: The fascists desperately want it
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I have the glasses.
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I think the extremists are the ones who use the power of the state to fund paramilitaries to kill their own people with impunity. And those who cheer along and aspire to the same thing.
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Review: THE TURN OF THE SCREW, Arcola Theatre
Two young actors bring the eerie to a production that undermines its own tension with a choppy narrative
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
45 years ago, I found myself standing next to Andy McCluskey at a gig at Liverpool University Students' Union. I'm in Pret, Finsbury Park and Messages is the background music. Life eh?
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.broadwayworld.com/westend/arti.... One of the best I've seen this year. Five stars!
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Review: FENCES, Leeds Playhouse
Roy Fearon leads a magniificent cast in Daniel Bailey's epic production
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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A ★★★★ review of Pressure (2026)
An old school, very stagey adaptation of David Haig's old school, very stagey play, but equally satisfying if you're not looking for innovation nor bells and whistles. Andrew Scott gets his serious fa...
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Review: GOLDEN BOY, starring Josh O'Connor, Almeida Theatre
Clifford Odets' 1937 indictment of consumer society gets a big revival, but proves a souless waste of acting talent
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Few words are more suited to their menaing than kvetch.
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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England 3-0 Pakistan: player ratings for a Test series dominated by bowlers
Ollie Robinson was dominant, with Harry Brook, Dan Lawrence and Mohammad Abbas also standing out
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Guardian Sport @sport.theguardian.com · 14/09/2026
County cricket: Somerset in front as thrilling title race builds to climax
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County cricket: Somerset in front as thrilling title race builds to climax
Durham have sealed promotion to the top flight, leaving Kent and Northamptonshire to fight for the second spot By the 99.94 Cricket Blog This article is from The 99.94 Cricket Blog Continue reading...
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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County cricket: Somerset in front as thrilling title race builds to climax
Durham have sealed promotion to the top flight, leaving Kent and Northamptonshire to fight for the second spot
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is "Stormtroops & Freikorps Again!" - our parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show, taking on the topic of the emergence of #PatriotPlatform last week & putting it in an outrageous and glam 👠European context. One of us may have made a mistake towards the end 🤨 youtu.be/R0DGY3iH9ao
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"Stormtroops & Freikorps Again" - Marsh Family parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Untermensch don't matter - www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Director who oversaw Grenfell cost-cutting given senior council housing role
Fire survivors and bereaved urge Barnet Group to ‘reconsider’ appointment of Laura Johnson, who pushed for cheaper contractor
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Review: FIRE FIRE, Arcola Theatre
New play that veers off in an unfortunate direction and loses much of its punch as a consequence
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Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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BWW Interview: David Haig Talks PRESSURE
David Haig, whose extensive acting career encompasses stage and screen, is currently starring in Pressure at the Ambassadors Theatre - a play that he also wrote.
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