Brice Stratford
Brice Stratford is an English director and actor-manager. He has worked primarily in classical and Shakespearean theatre, particularly with the Owle Schreame theatre company, which he founded in 2008.
Orson Welles and Lockdown’s Radio Renaissance
I’m listening to art made by dead people rather than DIY lockdown productions
Can the BBC rebuild our schools?
To rebuild our education system, we must encourage that undervalued institution; the Family
How the Arts Council abandoned England
The Arts Council are using the pandemic to reward their cronies rather than saving art
Soho, Soho, it’s off to walk we go…
Is pedestrianisation the way to reopen Soho?
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
Are all Christians monks?
George Guiver’s book exudes down-to-earthiness, bordering on irreverence
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online