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Who’s responsible for The Donald? The Founding Fathers.

January 22, 2017 by Paul Levy 7 Comments

Last Friday Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the United States. Across the world this weekend millions, mostly women, have marched to protest the event. It is already said to be the largest protest march in the history of the U.S. The attitude of the Briton on the High Street is simple: it’s preposterous.  Not that it can’t happen here – after all, we have Nigel Farage and Jeremy … [Read more...]

Paul Levy

is almost a citizen of the world, carrying the passports of the USA and the UK/EU. He wrote about the arts in general for the now-defunct Wall Street Journal Europe. [Read More]

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An Anglo-American look at what's happening here and there, where English is spoken and more or less understood -- in letters, the visual and performing arts, and, occasionally, in the kitchen or dining room. … [Read More...]

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  • Edward Mortimer on The Tell-Tale Horror of Christmas: “Perhaps Neilson's next play could be about a father and a daughter explaining the plot of a play within the…” Dec 22, 07:54
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  • Tatyana Levy on The Tell-Tale Horror of Christmas: “You missed the trick: It's a play within a play-- all revealed by the policeman at the end. The Writer,…” Dec 21, 17:25
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