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Hollis Robbins (@Anecdotal)'s avatar

Good! Now turn this into a book!

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Kate Armstrong's avatar

I’ve just come out of Mrs Warren’s Profession at the Garrick, which I booked last minute on your recommendation. It was indeed really excellent - minus the ghosts and their accompanying ghost music which were as subtle as the proverbial ton of bricks. I think you said that when you saw it they even showed up partway through Mrs W’s big speech. They didn’t today - Staunton was uninterrupted start to finish, and was excellent. It’s the best theatre I’ve seen in London for some time.

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Henry Oliver's avatar

so glad to hear this, wasn’t she stunning?

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Kate Armstrong's avatar

Just fantastic.

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Hans Sandberg's avatar

Only problem is that I listen to novels on my phone. The phone is but a tool, a double-edged sword. It's how we use it (I'm talking about adults here. Kids should not have smartphones, period.)

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Henry Oliver's avatar

oh fully agree, my total view of phones is not quite so exclusive as this rhetorical exclamation

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Hans Sandberg's avatar

I would respectfully disagree, even though I do try to preserve my inner child (which is not allowed to use smartphones.)

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Kostis's avatar

I have only but one like to give!

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Buddy S.'s avatar

I agree with you good Sir! Well done. 👍🏻

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Henry Oliver's avatar

thanks!

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Kamyla Hoayun's avatar

This is exactly what I needed to read today.

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Henry Oliver's avatar

good!

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Sonya M. Fitzmaurice's avatar

Bravo! Confirms where my proclivities currently reside.

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Classics Read Aloud's avatar

The creative moment is now!

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Adham Bishr's avatar

Beautiful

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Dana Gioia's avatar

I agree with you, but I read and liked your call to arms on my iphone.

Now back to rereading Bernanos’ “Diary of a Country Priest” in paperback.

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Henry Oliver's avatar

I wrote it on my iPhone! I have “The Professor’s House”.

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Katy Sammons's avatar

Thank you! ;)

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Henry Oliver's avatar

:)

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Allie's avatar

Well said, sir! But now where to fit the Substack-reading habit?

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Yegon Moses's avatar

The irony is that without my phone I couldn't have discovered such content....a messed up paradox

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David Rizzo's avatar

I know I need to put my cellphone down to open up more time to read classic literature and to write my poems and essays. It’s important to stay connected to our friends but it’s also important to stay connected to the underpinnings of our culture.

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Sean Sullivan's avatar

Three cheers to literature! One of, if not the, best way to develop a rich inner life.

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Sheryl White's avatar

I agree, but real books on paper are best. What is the illustration?

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Adham Bishr's avatar

Paradise Lost - Fall of Lucifer

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Sheryl White's avatar

Thank you. I thought it was Lucifer but wondered if it was an AI product 😉

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Henry Oliver's avatar

Gustave Dore

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