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People take part in a demonstration for trans rights outside
Opinion / 8 October 2024
8 October 2024
As the Establishment stokes a culture war against gender recognition — not in favour of it — the left must unite in support of the trans community, says TOM KING
romans
Exhibition Review / 8 February 2024
8 February 2024
TOM KING marvels at the insights into the lived reality of the legionaries of the Roman empire revealed by 2,000-year-old artefacts
Short Memory
THEATRE REVIEW / 15 April 2022
15 April 2022
A play about choral singing, hedge funds and dementia proves to be an intricate exploration of family relationships and the redemptive power of music, says TOM KING
(L to R) Angela Ravenhill in 2005;  (top right) Mark Ravenhi
INTERVIEW / 25 March 2021
25 March 2021
Playwright MARK RAVENHILL talks to Tom King about how the lockdown and its impact on care homes has been the catalyst for his new radio play
Soloist Diyet, pic: Robin Whiffen (Against the Grain)
OPERA ONLINE / 26 January 2021
26 January 2021
TOM KING recommends a groundbreaking performance of Handel's Messiah
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BOOKS / 21 January 2021
21 January 2021
TOM KING recommends a collection of acutely observed writings, from the personal to the political, by Hilary Mantel
Plague Songs by Martin Rowson and Jon Tregenna
Review / 18 November 2020
18 November 2020
Hammering home the reality of the pickle into which we have been summarily purloined by a cabal of crooks, liars and thieves, writes Tom King
PLUMBING DARK DEPTHS: Sarah Lancashire in An Ordinary Women
ONLINE THEATRE / 28 June 2020
28 June 2020
Alan Bennett's timeless monologues have been given a great new lease of life, says TOM KING
Lionheart
PICTURE THIS / 25 June 2020
25 June 2020
Engaging meander through millennia of fermentation
Veteran VE Day
Features / 7 May 2020
7 May 2020
We should still celebrate the achievements of those who helped defeat fascism in 1945, despite the jingoism of the VE day celebrations, writes TOM KING
Tom of Finland
PROFILE / 19 April 2020
19 April 2020
Tom King pays tribute to the subversive illustrator TOM OF FINLAND
Love NHS
Features / 3 April 2020
3 April 2020
TOM KING fears that, much as we might hope otherwise, the sad reality is that workers in our hard-pressed and short-staffed health service can expect some serious hostility as this pandemic sweeps the land