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An Enemy of the People review – Jeremy Strong impresses in timely Ibsen drama
The Succession star delivers a bravura central turn in a rousing adaptation of a story that carries a discomforting contemporary relevance
5-min read - EntertainmentThe Telegraph
An Enemy of the People: Jeremy Strong brings fervour and nuance to his first lead role on Broadway
How do you follow a triumph like Succession? If you’re Jeremy Strong, it turns out you go from playing the fragile, bullish Kendall Roy on that smashing TV series to starring as Henrik Ibsen’s whistleblower doctor Thomas Stockmann in a quietly gripping production of An Enemy of the People, now at New York’s Circle in the Square Theatre. It’s his first leading role on Broadway, and he inhabits it with a winning combination of nuance and fervor.
3-min read - NewsThe Guardian
In the busy waters between China and Taiwan, the de facto border is being tested
After a fatal capsize off Kinmen island, China has rejected the existence of the prohibited waters line, which has been tacitly respected since the 1990s
7-min read - EntertainmentThe Guardian
‘What’s the big deal?’: London Black Out night welcomed despite No 10 concerns
Theatre evening that encourages Black-only audience dubbed ‘divisive’ by Downing Street gets seal of approval from punters
4-min read - NewsEvening Standard
Owner of Banksy mural flats says he won't to put up rent - but could be tempted to sell
‘If somebody offered me millions and they can have the building and take the flats with it,’ he said
2-min read - SportThe Telegraph
‘There is nothing quite as mad as this:’ How a 60-year-old novice can complete the world’s oldest ski race
“If the Devil could do a ski race, he would ski the Inferno.” That is how locals in the village of Mürren, Switzerland, describe the fiendishly difficult Inferno ski race, the longest downhill in the world.
6-min read - LifestyleEvening Standard
Roomers Frankfurt: a stylish sanctuary in Germany’s most underrated city
This ultra-modern, seductive hangout is the perfect place to take in Frankfurt’s charms. ‘Berlin, who?’ says Lydia Swinscoe
5-min read