Tag Archives: Alan Bennett

Listening To Another Allellujah! #theatre #review

Posted on Aug 4, 2018 by TanGental

I’m breathing hard. The hillside is a mass of tumbled rocks, like a set of ill-shaped marbles that some troll has just cast down the slope. If I could, I might hear the fall of water nearby, some rain swollen … Continue reading →

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History in the here and now

Posted on May 8, 2017 by TanGental

Despite it being May, it is cold here, misty too, as Dog and I perambulate around the Park. Once crisp views of the city in a chill winter are hazed to a blur, technicolour leached to monochromes. The radio talked … Continue reading →

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‘…history? It’s just one f***ing thing after another’

Posted on Jun 27, 2014 by TanGental

That quote is by Rudge in Alan Bennett’s brilliant play, the History Boys. There are several brilliant quotes on the nature of history in it, including: ‘Our perspective on the past alters. Looking back, immediately in front of us is … Continue reading →