Hannah Tomes

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Articles

The Judgment of Berkshire

2 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Hannah Tomes

Almost 50 years ago, in a hotel bar in central Paris, French wine faced a reckoning. Steven Spurrier, a British wine merchant, decided California deserved a spell in the sun: at the time French wine was the dominant force in Europe, with bottles from the New World – Australia, New Zealand, the US and the like – considered their poor cousin.
Wales has a new First Minister. Her honeymoon won’t last long

Aug 6, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Hannah Tomes

Eluned Morgan has this morning been voted in as the new Welsh First Minister – the first woman ever to hold the position. The Labour member for Mid and West Wales was unopposed for the nomination within her party and won 28 votes out of a possible 60. The Conservatives’ Andrew RT Davies got 15 votes; Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth 12.
Wales has a new First Minister. Her honeymoon won't last long

Aug 5, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Hannah Tomes

Text size Line Spacing Comments Share Share Hannah Tomes Wales has a new First Minister. Her honeymoon won’t last long Linkedin Messenger Email Eluned Morgan has this morning been voted in as the new Welsh First Minister – the first woman ever to hold the position. The Labour member for Mid and West Wales was unopposed for the nomination within her party and won 28 votes out of a possible 60. The Conservatives’ Andrew RT Davies got 15 votes; Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth 12. She confirmed...
My old friend went viral for all the wrong reasons

Apr 15, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Hannah Tomes

Text size Line Spacing Comments Share Share Hannah Tomes My old friend went viral for all the wrong reasons Linkedin Messenger Email Unlimited access to our website and app Enjoy Spectator newsletters and podcasts Explore our online archive, going back to 1828...
Devastating: Almeida Theatre's King Lear reviewed

Mar 6, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Hannah Tomes

Text size Line Spacing Playback speed Comments Share Share Hannah Tomes Devastating: Almeida Theatre’s King Lear reviewed Linkedin Messenger Email King Lear Almeida Theatre, until 30 March 00:00 03:42 Hannah Tomes has narrated this article for you to listen to. Yaël Farber’s production of King Lear at the Almeida Theatre is imbued with an undercurrent of tension that feels as if it’s constantly on the edge of exploding into violence. It’s not her first crack at Shakespeare – in 2001 she...
Devastating: Almeida Theatre’s King Lear reviewed

Mar 6, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Hannah Tomes

King LearAlmeida Theatre, until 30 March Yaël Farber’s production of King Lear at the Almeida Theatre is imbued with an undercurrent of tension that feels as if it’s constantly on the edge of exploding into violence. It’s not her first crack at Shakespeare – in 2001 she adapted Julius Caesar, and she directed Hamlet at the Gate in Dublin in 2018 and Macbeth at the Almeida in 2021 – but I’d be willing to bet it’s her most virulent.
The Scottish government's bizarre egg donor drive

Jan 26, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Hannah Tomes

Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments A bright pink box fills my screen; soon it’s filled with blue cartoon sperm swimming towards a large, wobbling egg, where they congregate to spell the word ‘joy’. Alongside it is a message, which reads: ‘By becoming an egg or sperm donor, you could give the joy of starting a family to more than 200 people in Scotland, who need help becoming a family.’ It’s accompanied with the hashtag ‘JoyLoveHope’. I’m looking at a...
The Scottish government’s bizarre egg donor drive

Jan 26, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Hannah Tomes

A bright pink box fills my screen; soon it’s filled with blue cartoon sperm swimming towards a large, wobbling egg, where they congregate to spell the word ‘joy’. Alongside it is a message, which reads: ‘By becoming an egg or sperm donor, you could give the joy of starting a family to more than 200 people in Scotland, who need help becoming a family.’ It’s accompanied with the hashtag ‘JoyLoveHope’.
What the UN court's genocide verdict means for Israel

Jan 26, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Hannah Tomes

Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments The International Court of Justice has handed down a preliminary ruling instructing Israel to prevent a genocide from happening in Gaza. Judge Donoghue, speaking at the court in The Hague, said the country must take ‘all measures within its power’ to prevent acts that breach the genocide convention and must ensure ‘with immediate effect’ that none of its soldiers are involved in any acts which contravene it. Israel was...
What the UN court’s genocide verdict means for Israel

Jan 26, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Hannah Tomes

The International Court of Justice has handed down a preliminary ruling instructing Israel to prevent a genocide from happening in Gaza. Judge Donoghue, speaking at the court in The Hague, said the country must take ‘all measures within its power’ to prevent acts that breach the genocide convention and must ensure ‘with immediate effect’ that none of its soldiers are involved in any acts which contravene it.