Definition of "fundamentalist":
What you do whenever you consume any Harry Potter goods.
Ian Shuttleworth
@ianshutters.bsky.social
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Belfast-raised; 30 yrs in London as FT theatre critic; now Brexit refugee in Berlin and the Rhein valley. Fat. Smart. Wears tights. At 60 I recognised myself first as genderqueer, then as neurodivergent. He/him, but theyish. Monopolar depressive.
![Quentin Letts on [Peter Brook's production] The Suit: “A song by Mr McNeill, delivered in a steady contralto, combines terrible descriptions of violence with a gentle, pretty melody of lament.” It certainly does. It’s called “Strange Fruit”, and was first performed by Billie Holiday in 1939; it went on to become her regular closing number and her biggest-selling record (over a million copies even at the time), and her version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978. Other recordings of it have been made by artists as diverse as Nina Simone, UB40, Tori Amos, The Cocteau Twins, John Martyn, Robert Wyatt, Jeff Buckley, Diana Ross, The Gun Club, Lou Rawls, Sting and Gil Evans, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. In 1999, Time magazine called it the song of the century. And now Quentin has heard it at last, its history begins.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iivncipihk5k5ys26zhtb7ss/bafkreihnk6bovbx4yvcvwgmyu2aqkpsg57pkgo2rhe4vlvtrutgvdt4vbi)
