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This Is A Love Story over and out ✌️ … for now Thank you so much to everyone who came to support this beautiful new musical and our New Musical Theatre department’s first venture 🤍

It’s an honour to be in such company in @TheStage 100. This is testament to the passion and energy of the @brumhippodrome team across 2023. Here’s to an exciting 2024!

@Jon_Gilchrist @TheStage @brumhippodrome Congratulations, that’s wonderful!

今日、私は#日本の友人や同僚のことを考えています。Thinking of my friends and colleagues in #Japan today.

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Here is Robert De Niro’s full statement about how Donald Trump should NEVER be president again: “I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly. I see an evil one. Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong.  Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped. Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them. We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016. The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags. The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse. Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously. So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America: This is our last chance. Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator. And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided. So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House.  They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them. Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it.  Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity.  Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world.  Safety for our families.  Decency.  Let’s welcome them back.  We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

@Diana_Beaumont A know an author, Cheryl Powell, who has just the thing! She has such a strong author voice, I can't recommend her highly enough. Have passed your tweet onto her.

I’m opening submissions in January. Looking for strong, particularly female led stories; I fancy a vampire novel & spy thriller as like novels set in Cold War (plus other high concept thrillers). Also something set in foodie world would be nice? Open to anything strong tho.

We could get angry at Suella’s latest piece of performative, pandering cruelty or… instead: let’s promote the excellent work done by @Shelter, @centrepointuk, @PassageCharity and other fine charities actually trying to help homeless people, especially now, as winter approaches.

Yesss! I just read #thedoorsofeden and I am so here for a #robot book by @aptshadow

Man cycles across Japan, hoping to change views on mental health: A young Japanese man who struggled for years with his mental health is tirelessly reaching out to fellow sufferers. He even went on a cycling tour across the… japantoday.com/category/natio… #japannews #japantoday

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Beautiful Tang book 6! @installdeborah instagram.com/p/Cynb30UsFQ4/…

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Not enjoying the score but definitely enjoying the game! #Lionesses

For all receiving #ALevelResults today: you are more than your results. Don't forget that. I failed one of my A-levels and still went on to graduate and still went on to have the career of my dreams. You got this.

@instagram I definitely did not do this, and have two-factor authentication on. Can't report a technical issue because I can't log in. Have seen other people with the same issue, so pretty sure it's your end and not mine. Any ideas when this will be sorted please?

P!no at Villa Park was amazing. #VillaPark was truly awful. Here’s why: