John Baker’s Blog

York Theatre Royal has been hosting the English Touring Theatre’s production of Uncle Vanya, directed by Peter Hall, for the past few days. We were, luckily, at the matinee on Saturday afternoon.
This is not a play I know very well, though I love Chekhov’s insight into the shared deep place which is simultaneously the seat [...]

Last week, in desperate last-minute negotiations, the world faced down an effort by the US, Canada and Japan to wreck the crucial Bali Climate Change Summit.
Arriving in Bali, most countries wanted to work towards a new global treaty on climate change as well as new targets for carbon emissions by rich countries. But late last [...]