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. He tweets at @BriceStratford
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?
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
