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Friday, March 6, 2026

I had a front row seat at the Blur v Oasis frenzy " here's what a new play gets bang on and bafflingly wrong by John Harris

In 1995, the bands tussled for No 1 " and the Britpop crown. Our writer was on the inside of the mad-for-it contest. Does The Battle accurately capture this divisive moment? And what was Noe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM[SHARE]
Monday, April 22, 2024

'People like Connor are still left to die in squalor': the truth, joy and tragedy behind Laughing Boy by John Harris

A decade after her autistic son Connor Sparrowhawk died in a specialist NHS facility, Sara Ryan's campaign to reveal the truth about what happened is coming to the stage. In a bare rehearsal…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM[SHARE]
Saturday, March 26, 2022

'I get a chill': Bertie Carvel on exploring the human side of Donald Trump by John Harris

Of all the baddies Carvel has portrayed on stage and screen, this may be his most challenging yet. He reveals what lies beneath the bombast of The Donald "I don't really believe in evil, as …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM[SHARE]
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Love, loss and mixtapes: the Guardian and the Royal Court's music microplay by Bijan Sheibani and John Harris

Groove Is in the Heart celebrates the ritual of recording a compilation tape in the days before the infinite jukebox of the internet. Director Bijan Sheibani and the Guardian's John Harris e…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM[SHARE]

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