FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 7 | History Defined

No utopia: experts question Elon Musk’s vision of world without work

Using AI to create less and better work would benefit society but getting rid of it altogether would be unproductive, experts say

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

The Gilded Age review – it takes some nerve to give Oscar Wilde a cameo … then grant him no good lines

Though Julian Fellowes’ tale of New York aristos never fizzes as it should, you will still swallow it whole … even if it feels wrong with every fibre of your being

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023

OPINION - Freedom of Speech: Be strong, the offence bogeyman hates the truth

Theatre and film director Sean Mathias fears the policing of language will force all to work from text books

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2023

Sydney Theatre Company's new The Importance of Being Earnest: fresh, funny and completely joyous

It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and performed in February 1895, Ibsen’s A Doll’s House was already 16 years old. Both plays, in different ways, expose the foundations of society (marriage; class; money; property) to searching critique.

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2023

‘Make them laugh – or they’ll kill you’: my riotous play about a dangerous drinking game

As her play about toxic secrets and old friends hits the stage, the host of The Guilty Feminist podcast explains how studying Wilde and Shaw showed her the subversive power of laughter

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023

Mikey Robins' new book examines stupidity's stupendous lineage

The Newcastle comedy legend is coming to Lake Macquarie.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 25, 2023

Oscar at the Crown review – going Wilde in the nightclub

Oscar Wilde hides in a bunker on a dystopian dance floor, but while there is much high-energy music there is little drama

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2023

Stephen Fry says reading about Oscar Wilde made him fear ‘a cursed life’ as a gay man in Britain

Broadcaster and writer was influenced by learning about the homophobia the 19th-century Irish poet faced

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023

Kettner’s Townhouse: Historic Soho restaurant back open to the public for the first time in years

Kettner’s Townhouse, one of London’s oldest restaurants, has been a favourite of kings, celebrities, and dough ball afficianados in its 156-year history

Evening Standard · Jul 12, 2023

‘Complex. Unsettling. Creepy.’ Jarvis Cocker, Colm Tóibín and more on the disturbing genius of Artangel

From prison cells to department stores, for the past 30 years the visionary commissioning body has created unforgettable artworks in unlikely spaces. Famous fans pick their favourite works

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2023