Libby Purves

THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES is more than worth the Moneypenny, 00 yes. Mischief Theatre at its finest, hurling the jokes at you till you're helpless and happy. Review up, and another rave too about Conor McPherson - y'welcome. https://t.co/eeimNzrdW0 . .

When people wonder why men are scared of commitment....

Community Notes & Violations @CNviolations

You can't make this up. https://t.co/qZXCnORm6J

Are you more like a fox or a prize heifer? Excellent question in excellent THE BRIGHTENING AIR @oldvictheatre . For explanation read https://t.co/eeimNzrdW0 review.

I very much loved THE BRIGHTENING AIR @oldvictheatre . Reminded me of Jerusalem, and (more importantly) of life's realities. And made me laugh a lot as well as sniff. Five mice from https://t.co/eeimNzrdW0

If you are going to blow out a tyre at midnight, and be stuck till 3 am, two things help. One is the AA wagon, the other is a full moon, safe pull-in with bushes, book to read and an owl swooping.

Fascinating thread

History Nerd @_HistoryNerd

The first slaves in America weren’t African, they were Irish. Men, women, and children were sold, starved, and worked to death. Their suffering was buried for centuries. Here’s the dark & forgotten truth about Ireland’s hidden history of slavery: https://t.co/tcHrf91Z44

From a buttock-clenched "not totally unenjoyable" to "roaring good fun" - with 2,3, and 4 stars, the posthumous HERE WE ARE @NationalTheatre has delightfully confused the critickerati. Which may,y'know, be just what Sondheim would have enjoyed.. MIne is https://t.co/eeimNzrdW0

Roll up, roll up, for an affluenza apocalypse in HERE WE ARE @NationalTheatre ! A show to which https://t.co/eeimNzrdW0 sentimentally wished to give 5 but with doughty honesty gave 3 of its mice. Worth going though. And noisy enough for the cheap seats to be adequate..

Hurrah for Hiroshi! Man of the year!

Hiroshi Suzuki @AmbJapanUK

Deeply honoured to attend Their Majesties’ Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. My wife enjoyed talking with other Ambassadors’ wives. She wore clothes and all pearls handed down from her mother, who passed away 10 years ago. https://t.co/jyBW5PQOjW

RT @lib_thinks: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR at Chichester - directed by Greg Doran, no less - is frustrating, intriguing, touching and interes…

Even as a big Evan fan I cheered…worth a listen: SD knows how to do it! Short answers, hard facts, no shit.

Gareth Roberts @OldRoberts953

Bravo to Sharron Davies, here making mincemeat of that ghastly BBC goblin.

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR at Chichester - directed by Greg Doran, no less - is frustrating, intriguing, touching and interesting. And very Ukrainian. Rvw up, https://t.co/eeimNzrdW0

Ahhh for several years I was up there with the choristers and the commentary and microphone for Radio Oxford…lovely dawn over Shotover, sussuration of excitement from street below…

Magdalen College @magdalenoxford

In case you Missed it: Hymnus Eucharisticus sung from the top of the Great Tower by Magdalen College Choir https://t.co/9wwbe7O197

Oh yeah.

Kathleen Stock @Docstockk

It's a vice of clever people to give the benefit of doubt to stupid people and I'm not doing it any more. In everyday life brains are irrelevant, but when fools are paid ££££ to count as experts, quite apart from moral failure it's a sign of our thick 3rd rate Establishment.

RT @ForWomenScot: @RestIsPolitics Actually, Rory, we DID try to talk compromise 7/8 years ago. Stonewall etc called us bigots and screamed…