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Clive Davis
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Chief theatre critic, The Times. I also write about music & books. Politically homeless narrowboat owner. Insta: clivephotos
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    Clive Davis
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    Mar 6
    As Small Island returns to the stage. I've written about how Andrea Levy's saga mirrors some of my own family history. thetimes.com/article/9b8856…
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    Clive Davis
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    Jul 8, 2024
    I lost my lovely, cheeky cat, Blue yesterday - he died very suddenly just before dawn. Only eight years old. He'd even survived falling into the Thames one night as a kitten. A good companion.
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    Clive Davis
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    Dec 29, 2021
    Dog cartoon of the year. By @asherperlman
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    Clive Davis
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    Apr 20, 2017
    Private Eye.
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    Clive Davis
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    Feb 7, 2019
    Private Eye.
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    Clive Davis
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    Apr 17, 2024
    I love the line about "the unforeseen quantity of water in the ocean, which nobody could have predicted." #LizTruss Via @PrivateEyeNews
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    Clive Davis
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    Feb 12, 2023
    "We couldn't get it past our junior members of staff." Why publishers turned down Hannah Barnes's book on the Tavistock gender clinic scandal. From @HadleyFreeman's piece in @thetimes
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    Clive Davis
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    Jul 24, 2014
    RT @TechnicallyRon: It is too hot in Britain. The annual golden retriever migration has begun.
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    Clive Davis
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    Apr 6, 2025
    A familiar face at Gatwick Airport.
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    Clive Davis
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    May 10, 2025
    "Books aren’t burned — they’re simply never stocked. Theatre commissions vanish. Festival invites evaporate." @Freedom_in_Arts
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    The arts are being crippled by conformity | Josephine Bartosch | The Critic Magazine
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    Clive Davis
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    Jun 10, 2018
    Replying to @CliveDavisUK
    Classic quote... After the wildlife-loving Earl of Arran steered the legalisation of homosexuality through the House of Lords. #AVeryEnglishScandal #LGBT
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    Clive Davis
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    Jul 17, 2020
    “Even sympathetic people will come to resent a left that refuses to make distinctions between deliberate slurs, awkward mistakes and legitimate disagreements. Cowing people is not the same as converting them.”
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    John McWhorter
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    Jul 17, 2020
    I'd retweet this even if I weren't quoted in it -- very useful take on our moment compared to the 90s which was the same but different. nytimes.com/2020/07/17/opi…
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    Clive Davis
    @CliveDavisUK
    Jan 31, 2022
    Diplomacy. @mortenmorland in today's @thetimes
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    Clive Davis
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    Apr 20, 2023
    It's almost unbearable to read what Jeremy Clarke is going through. spectator.co.uk/article/what-i… @SpecLowLife @spectator
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