Former writer and editor on the Guardian Review now freelancing. Arts & books. Comms for Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra. Swansea City FC. Bikes.
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Nicholas Wroe retweeted
So I’ve been busy the last three weeks, working towards this. ⬇️
Without an emergency funding package from @GOVUK & @WelshGovernment, @WelshNatOpera will become part-time. My public statement is available below, along with 176 signatures. 🧵1/5 #SaveWNO
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Really enjoyed reading this for @guardianreview. Gayford and Hockney are a great double act. Bring on the Spring!
Spring Cannot Be Cancelled by David Hockney and Martin Gayford – review theguardian.com/books/2021/m…
Very sad news about Alison Lurie. Spent time with her in California for a profile years ago and she was as sharp and energising as everyone says. And also very on brand in being both extremely mean and extremely accurate about my clothes.
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Interviewing the late Mariss Jansons, and meeting him a few times in the years after, was a real career highlight. Not sure if it's sad or not that he was right about conductors not retiring. RIP. bit.ly/2qcmu8d
Tremendously enjoyed reading and writing about cyclists suffering. And about mattentaarts. Perfect prep for @RondeVlaanderen on Sunday. Would absolutely *love* @LukeRowe1990 to surprise them all. theguardian.com/books/2019/a…
Nicholas Wroe retweeted
Happy 98th birthday to the incomparable Roger Angell, whose through line in baseball astonishes. He watched Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hit home runs, and he'll likely be blogging this year's playoffs. "...we’re hanging on to this game of ours, knowing how lucky we are.”
Nicholas Wroe retweeted
Shocking new map shows the depth of inability to pronounce the name Geraint. #TourdeFrance2018 #Wales #GeraintThomas
Really enjoyed reviewing this @PeterCossins book about cycling tactics while watching the heroics of @GeraintThomas86 at @LeTour. Allez G!! – theguardian.com/books/2018/j…
Sad to hear that Malcolm Morley has died. Significant artist who lived quite a life bit.ly/2Jf3Jck
icymi - @GuardianReview Saturday poem by @maxjohnporter: Kneeling Shepherd i.m. David Miller (@drearyagent) bit.ly/2jKFdix
Nicholas Wroe retweeted
Estimate Riverside is 104th different ground on which I've seen @SwansOfficial lose since no 1 - Vetch Field v Millwall, Div 3, April 66
A guide to War and Peace if you haven't read it (that really makes you want to read it). Bravo! @PhilipHensher bit.ly/1PIRvAb
Eye-opening stuff! Scandals, sales and starchitects: 25 years of stories from the art world by @asomerscocks - gu.com/p/4fx6z/stw
David Morrissey on being the Governor in the Walking Dead and finding humour in Hangmen. Great i/v by @Sarahc_k: bit.ly/1llIULG
- @fantasticdrfox on a deeply interesting music scene that is both as ephemeral and memorable as a good night out bit.ly/1MsgTLu
Don't miss @tomgauld and his genius cartoon take on a @guardianreview article. This week: the short story bit.ly/1T45V1m
The great Ali Smith celebrating HG Wells’s role in the UN Declaration of Human Rights bit.ly/1T44nnZ