Clive Davis
@clivedavisuk.bsky.social
Chief theatre critic, The Times. I write about books, music and politics too. Politically homeless narrowboat enthusiast.
"In both 1936 and 1939 the number of recorded NKVD executions is below 2,000. The figure in between is over 300,000 in each of the intervening years."
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Politics on Trial: The Moscow Show Trials
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November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"In both 1936 and 1939 the number of recorded NKVD executions is below 2,000. The figure in between is over 300,000 in each of the intervening years."
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We're doomed, part 385
May 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We're doomed, part 385
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You don't need to strip search & detain & deport too many white European tourists to crush the tourist industry.
Two backpacking German teenagers who had obtained ESTA approval from DHS were detained by CBP at the Honolulu airport, strip searched, jailed overnight, and ultimately deported to Japan because immigration officials weren’t satisfied with their lodging arrangements. beatofhawaii.com/why-these-ha...
April 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
You don't need to strip search & detain & deport too many white European tourists to crush the tourist industry.
Sailing past the Prince of Wales, Portsmouth... I'm heading to Normandy to do a couple of days helping out with the lambing on my partner's cousin's farm. My first time.
April 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Sailing past the Prince of Wales, Portsmouth... I'm heading to Normandy to do a couple of days helping out with the lambing on my partner's cousin's farm. My first time.
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This also happened on a long distance train a friend of mine was on earlier this week
A co-worker of mine (who is a judge), traveled by train from Montana to North Dakota for work this week. The train made a stop in Havre, MT, where ICE agents—armed and dressed in full military-style tactical gear—boarded the train.
The New America: Federal (ICE) Agents Boarding Trains?
By Judith Roberts * As an attorney I’m deeply alarmed by an incident that occurred just this week and feel compelled to share it—to raise aw...
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April 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This also happened on a long distance train a friend of mine was on earlier this week
"Nobody in Europe has spent the past week looking at their stock portfolio, wondering if they could still afford to send their kids to university. Europeans have no idea what 'medical bankruptcy' is."
The @economist.com on Europe v Trump's America.
The @economist.com on Europe v Trump's America.
April 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"Nobody in Europe has spent the past week looking at their stock portfolio, wondering if they could still afford to send their kids to university. Europeans have no idea what 'medical bankruptcy' is."
The @economist.com on Europe v Trump's America.
The @economist.com on Europe v Trump's America.
This interview with @davidfrum.bsky.social is full of bad news but ends on a sort of optimistic note: he thinks America is going to learn the hard way that isolationism & contempt for rule of law are bad for everyone. The stuff on tiny screws in iPhones is sharp too.
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wKZdh…
April 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This interview with @davidfrum.bsky.social is full of bad news but ends on a sort of optimistic note: he thinks America is going to learn the hard way that isolationism & contempt for rule of law are bad for everyone. The stuff on tiny screws in iPhones is sharp too.
open.spotify.com/episode/6wKZdh…
open.spotify.com/episode/6wKZdh…
Great British export. Coming up on @artefr.bsky.social... #Baftas
March 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Great British export. Coming up on @artefr.bsky.social... #Baftas
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Last year I spent three days in North Carolina with fellow Carolina Chocolate Drops member Justin Robinson to record 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow,' an album of North Carolina fiddle and banjo music, which is now coming out April 18 on @nonesuch.com.
February 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Last year I spent three days in North Carolina with fellow Carolina Chocolate Drops member Justin Robinson to record 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow,' an album of North Carolina fiddle and banjo music, which is now coming out April 18 on @nonesuch.com.
Waiting for Elektra, Duke of York's
March 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Waiting for Elektra, Duke of York's
"Othello is one of several celebrity-fueled plays this spring that are charging obscene prices...
Tickets costing the same as an apartment rental in Kansas City is especially rich coming from an industry that prides itself as a warrior against inequality."
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Tickets costing the same as an apartment rental in Kansas City is especially rich coming from an industry that prides itself as a warrior against inequality."
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Broadway ticket prices are completely out of control — Denzel Washington’s show is charging $900 for just Row M
This is not a victory for classics. It’s a war on your wallet.
nypost.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"Othello is one of several celebrity-fueled plays this spring that are charging obscene prices...
Tickets costing the same as an apartment rental in Kansas City is especially rich coming from an industry that prides itself as a warrior against inequality."
nypost.com/2025/03/08/e...
Tickets costing the same as an apartment rental in Kansas City is especially rich coming from an industry that prides itself as a warrior against inequality."
nypost.com/2025/03/08/e...
February 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Waiting for Patti LuPone, London Coliseum
February 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Waiting for Patti LuPone, London Coliseum
"Speaking as a Democrat, why would my party attack the third most-trusted institution in America?" Fine analysis of an own-goal. #crime
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Policing Perceptions: Crime Stats and Beyond (with Peter Moskos)
YouTube video by The Liberal Patriot
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February 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"Speaking as a Democrat, why would my party attack the third most-trusted institution in America?" Fine analysis of an own-goal. #crime
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Waiting for Richard II, @bridgetheatre.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Waiting for Richard II, @bridgetheatre.bsky.social
The sex talk goes on and on and on. ★★ for Unicorn
www.thetimes.com/article/3530...
www.thetimes.com/article/3530...
Unicorn review — Crude banter and desire, but anguish is too polite
Stephen Mangan, Nicola Walker and Erin Doherty exchange a mix of crude banter and profundities on the implications of a threesome, without any eroticism
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February 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The sex talk goes on and on and on. ★★ for Unicorn
www.thetimes.com/article/3530...
www.thetimes.com/article/3530...