Nitro

I’d like to dedicate this week’s meanderings to the subconscious mind of James Naughtie. Avid readers of this humble blog will be aware of my obsession with the Secretary of State for Rhyming Slang…

The original idea of Tipping Point was that scientists would tell us all the horrific details and projections of climate change and we artists would write/compose/paint/design things that would convince the world to change its ways.

Felix Cross on an annoying trait of English theatre.

Opera shouldn’t be elitist but it is. I have spoken at numerous conferences about this and everyone there sighs and agrees, mutters that something must be done, then goes away to carry on exactly as they were.

Historically I guess I’m a bit nearer Keith; but like Stephen, I’m an obsessive puzzle solver – preferring killer sudokus to his cryptic crosswords.

So the CEO of Travelex has donated £10 million to the Royal National Theatre. This is sweet music, not just to the RNT but to our supercilious silver-service waiter of a Secretary of State for Rhyming Slang (SSRS)