BRIDGET WHELAN writer

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The Extraordinary Lesson of a Satire about Power

Fifty years ago a young Brazilian playwright wanted to say something important about the nature of power: not how it was won, but how it operates and makes ordinary people … Continue reading →

October 11, 2021 · 2 Comments

“…to express myself with words that you can chew…” Dario Fo QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)

It is from Beolco Ruzzante that I’ve learned to free myself from conventional literary writing and to express myself with words that you can chew, with unusual sounds, with various … Continue reading →

December 3, 2017 · Leave a comment
DID YOU KNOW the offical new word for 2012 is…

DID YOU KNOW the offical new word for 2012 is…

OMNISHAMBLES. Chosen by the Oxford University Press. Created by Tony Roche – part of the brilliant writing team that produced the television political satire The Thick of It Copied by … Continue reading →

November 29, 2012 · 2 Comments

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