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Tag Archives: nurse
‘Justin Bieber has been so supportive of the NHS’: the Covid nurse aiming for a Christmas number one
Five years ago, pop star Justin Bieber faced surprising competition in the race for the Christmas number one: a choir formed of doctors, nurses and staff from the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. Bieber eventually threw his weight behind their … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
Tagged caroline duffy, charity, charts, choir, christmas, covid, holy, interview, Justin Bieber, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, music, nhs, number one, nurse, single, song, telegraph
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Sleepless, Seacole and Nightingale
A socially distanced musical, and a multidisciplinary documentary about carers past and present. Read my The i Paper reviews here
Posted in Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged coronavirus, covid, crimean war, dance, dancing, digital, doctor, documentary, eliot smith, film, florence nightingale, free, jay mcguiness, kimberley walsh, mary seacole, musical, nhs, nurse, nursing, online, review, seacole and nightingale, sleepless, sleepless and seattle, streaming, the i paper, theatre, troubadour wembley park, watch
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Savile victims honoured in chilling story
How did he get away with it? That’s the question Jonathan Maitland’s controversial new play addresses, juxtaposing national treasure Sir Jimmy Savile, feted by monarchs, prime ministers and cardinals, with the thuggish serial abuser. Savile’s cheeky asides – the knighthood … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged abuse, alistair mcgowan, an audience with jimmy savile, bbc, catholic, charity, child, child protection, children, crime, doctor, drama, hospital, islington gazette, jimmy savile, jonathan maitland, journalist, knighthood, law, lawyer, legal, london, media, nurse, operation yewtree, paedophile, park theatre, play, police, politician, rape, rapist, review, savile, theatre, trial, victims
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An Audience With Jimmy Savile, Park Theatre
Seldom has there been such impassioned debate about whether a play has a right to exist. Writer Jonathan Maitland faced a barrage of criticism, with many accusing him of exploitation; others felt it was too soon for freshly unveiled horror … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged abuse, alistair mcgowan, an audience with jimmy savile, bbc, catholic, child, child protection, children, crime, doctor, drama, hospital, jimmy savile, jonathan maitland, knighthood, law, lawyer, legal, london, measure for measure, nurse, operation yewtree, paedophile, park theatre, play, police, politician, rape, raped, ray teret, review, savile, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, this is your life, trial, tv, victim, victims
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The Father, Tricycle Theatre
André is losing time. It’s not just his perennially mislaid watch, but whole hours, weeks, years. Is he still living in his Paris flat, or did he move in with his daughter Anne? Is she married, divorced, leaving the country … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alzheimers, award, bath, care, carer, child, christopher hampton, claire skinner, dad, daughter, dementia, drama, father, five star, flat, florian zeller, france, grief, ill, kenneth cranham, king lear, lear, london, loss, memory, moliere, nurse, paris, pinter, play, review, sick, the arts desk, the father, theartsdesk, theatre, tricycle theatre
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The ties that bind us
The business of serious illness has been the downfall of many a dramatist. Otherwise incisive writers too often become mired in cliché, falling victim to the temptation to characterise invalids as sweetly suffering saints and their carers as self-sacrificing martyrs. … Continue reading
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Tagged carer, disease, drama, gcse, hampstead, hampstead theatre, hospital, illness, london, lupus, nurse, parent, play, responsible other, review, teenager, theatre
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