News of the UK tour of The Way Old Friends Do has reached TV in Sweden, the home of ABBA, with a feature on ’s
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Tickets and UK tour details at thewayoldfriendsdo.com #ABBA #Eurovision #uktheatre
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We're thrilled to be publishing 'A Touch of Gold', the witty and star-studded memoir bit.ly/3LN8iZd from , much-loved jewellery specialist on . The book includes encounters with &
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Exciting news! (Well, for me at least.) are featuring my oil painting, A Boy and His Dog, on their homepage. Please checkout more of my work for Saatchi here: saatchiart.com/BarnabyEdwards
And if you can manage a retweet, that would be fabulous. Thank you! ♥️
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Public Service Announcement! are showing my all-time favourite horror movie at 10pm tonight. Don’t miss it, if you’ve never seen it!
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Yes, the Coronation music was wonderful. Conservatives have cut arts funding by a third in the last decade. Government cuts to the BBC mean they’re losing 20% of orchestra places. Music teaching in state schools is in freefall.
Who’s going to play at the next one?
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Zadok . This sounds amazing. Amazing.
This ceremony is NOTHING without the music and the musicians.
Remember this current & future members of parliament .
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Only limited tickets are available to catch ‘Breeding’ for its final performances this weekend!
Don’t miss this ‘tremendously enjoyable and moving tragi-comedy’ (★★★★★ Broadway Baby).
🎟️kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/breed
#londontheatre #queertheatre #theatre
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This is not what Britain is - and not what British police are.
This is our police being used as government enforcers for a government over-obsessed with controlling culture whilst preaching an alarm around the protection of free speech.
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Wandered around Brighton and randomly came across , which I had missed in London, so extended my stay by a few hours! Best decision ever! 😁
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Just been to see #TheWayOldFriendsDo .. Brilliantly funny ,
and an amazing cast ..
Thank you for a fantastic show
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New review for The Way Old Friends Do from : “a witty, sharp comedy… a fun exploration of obsessive fandom”
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Tickets & tour details at thewayoldfriendsdo.com #ABBA #LGBT #theatre
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Fancy owning an original artwork by Judi Dench , or , or even me? Then look no further! They could be yours in the online charity auction, raising much needed funds for palliative care training.
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Don’t miss My Lovely Postcards this May! 
Discover a fabulous collection of over 400 original postcard-sized artworks from over 180 artists and celebrities, including Dame Judi Dench, Suzie Fletcher, Mel Giedroyc, Mark Gatiss, Paul Chahidi, Siobhán McSweeney, and Annie Sloan.
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There have been more Prime Ministers since the last General Election than there were incidents of voter fraud.
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Reports that aprox 20% of voters have been turned away today due to the new ID rules
If we protest (about anything) we face a potential criminal record
Still think the UK is a democracy?
RT if you don’t
#ToryCorruption #LocalElection2023 #VoterID
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I’m rather intolerant of Police Officers who rape & murder innocent women, share images of murder victims to their mates, allow racism & bigotry to thrive, fail to uphold the law when it comes to bent Tory MPs, and threaten citizens who might protest in a democracy.
Fuck Off.
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Our tolerance for any disruption, whether through protest or otherwise, will be low.
We will deal robustly with anyone intent on undermining this celebration.
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I research authoritarianism and protest.
This is an authoritarian attitude towards protest.
Coming from a person, it would be a red flag. Coming from the police, it's a serious abuse of power.
Don't be fooled, this is what the monarchy has always stood for. Happy #Coronation
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Shameful weasel words from the Electoral Commission. If it looks like voter suppression, call it voter suppression.
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What a wonderful play is , pathos and laughter a must see for any ABBA fan . What an indulgent start to the year this and 💙💚
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Hitchens talking perfect sense is one of the signs in Revelations.
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I find myself in agreement with every word out of Hitchens' mouth on rail strikes.
"It's the gov't that causes far more disruption to my twice-daily travel on the trains than any union has ever done. The ludicrous experiment of privatisation largely wrecked the railways." ~AA
"It's the gov't that causes far more disruption to my twice-daily travel on the trains than any union has ever done. The ludicrous experiment of privatisation largely wrecked the railways." ~AA
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Two more fabulous shows at . So touched by the audience response to . 💛💙💛💙
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The French politely asking the Police for permission to protest.
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Protest is not a gift from the state - it is a fundamental right.
The very idea that it is up to the police to decide whether or not to "tolerate" the exercise of this right is ludicrous and should be of great concern to everyone.
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All I’m saying. We step closer and closer every day.
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Amazing play at tonight.
If you haven't heard of it and you get the chance to go ten do take a chance on it, it's the very best and that ain't no lie!
I'm head over heels 😍
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In 1922, a group of scientists went to the Toronto General Hospital where diabetic children were kept in wards. Most of them were comatose & dying from diabetic keto-acidosis. Others were being placed on extremely strict diets, which inevitably led to starvation.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for The Way Old Friends Do from : “What a joy… I could happily see it again and again” thelatest.co.uk/brighton/2023/
For tickets and tour details, visit thewayoldfriendsdo.com #ABBA #Eurovision #Brighton
📸 Darren Bell
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The Conservatives, delivering.
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Rishi Sunak rolls out his new slogan: “Labour talks and the Conservatives deliver”. #pmqs
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"Unforgettable" The Times
"Don't miss it" Gay Times
"I urge you to go" Time Out
We close 20 May
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Bumped into a bit of #Brighton history at Royal Pavilion today, looking forward to 50th anniversary next year but right now this week
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To be rated 'Excellent' E. coli levels in bathing water need to be below 500 cfu/100ml.
The samples from St Agnes were testing up to 230,000 cfu.
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South West Water are full of 
Stratospherically high levels of E. coli were found in the water samples we took at St Agnes last Thursday.
@SouthWestWater tried to deny responsibility. But the E-Coli levels of the four samples we took were between 35,000 and 230,000 CFU per… Show more
Stratospherically high levels of E. coli were found in the water samples we took at St Agnes last Thursday.
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*THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO* - The cast of were out and about in Brighton as part of their visit to the where they are playing until the 6th May
📸Ellie Maltby
🎟️atgtickets.com/shows/the-way-
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Abba to the fore in a charmingly affectionate comedy about the one-time supergroup's fandom
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There’s ONE WEEK left to catch ‘Breeding’ @KingsHeadThtr!
Don’t miss this ‘birth of a modern classic’ (★★★★ All That Dazzles), that follows Zeb, Eoin & Beth as they navigate the possibilities & hopes of queer parenting in today’s world 
kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/breed
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This may be the last of my Road Dance spam… We’ve been included in and Sunday Times what to watch this coronation weekend. At 11pm on Monday 1st May on BBC2 #theroaddance
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A light-hearted, feel good comedy that will leave you on a bit of a high...
went to , which is at from tonight til Saturday 29 April
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I had the ab(ba)solute pleasure of talking to and about the very funny and moving ! It’s coming back up north to from 22-27 May and from 6-10 June - do go and see it! thewayoldfriendsdo.com
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Husbands @Markgatiss and @IanHallard, creators of @WayOldFriendsDo, told @BronteSchiltz what it’s like to live and work together, and why Hallard in particular is such a huge fan of ABBA: bigissuenorth.com/features/2023/
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Ooh. “Return to form”: a thing that happens to anyone at all (musician, writer, franchise) doing something well, regularly, more than three times. The imaginary dips become hard to find when you look back over past press, but are necessary to invent, for narrative reasons.
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#InsideNo9 season 8 begins on BBC Two at 10pm tonight – and it's a glorious return to form for the anthology series
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Ian Hallard chats to about his new comedy The Way Old Friends Do, touring UK theatres now
sussexexpress.co.uk/arts-and-cultu
Tickets and tour details at thewayoldfriendsdo.com #ABBA #Sussex #Brighton
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Thanks for all the kind words about last night’s broadcast of . The UK-wide transmission is on next Monday evening. Meanwhile, you can watch the film on the iPlayer.
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