Britain's National Theatre is on a roll. This week it announced that from March it will have four productions running in the West End. Four years ago, Robert Butler spent a month at this vibrant institution and saw it getting bigger, busier and happier
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He thought his epic tale of two 12-year-olds would appeal to a few clever kids and a few adults. Then it sold 15m copies and was turned into a blockbusting film. Robert Butler goes for lunch...
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Notes on a Voice: Robert Butler on the world's most famous dramatist—whose birthday is celebrated this week
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Can we change the world, one click at a time? Ricken Patel, a young Canadian, thinks so, and he has 20m followers to show for it. Profile by Robert Butler
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Britain's National Theatre is on a roll. This week it announced that from March it will have four productions running in the West End. Four years ago, Robert Butler spent a month at this vibrant institution and saw it getting bigger, busier and happier
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He thought his epic tale of two 12-year-olds would appeal to a few clever kids and a few adults. Then it sold 15m copies and was turned into a blockbusting film. Robert Butler goes for lunch...
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Notes on a Voice: the satirist with the white suit has a new novel out next month. Robert Butler pins down his dandy style...
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Every big scientific moment is also cultural. And going green is about much more than your lightbulbs, says Robert Butler ...
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Weather forecasts by professional meteorologists are about 80% accurate. Robert Butler goes for a walk with the hobbyist who does better ...
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In our sixth instalment of Notes on a Voice, Robert Butler considers the distinctive prose of Joan Didion ...
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In this third instalment of our series on what makes distinctive writers distinctive, Robert Butler tackles V.S. Naipaul on the eve of his 31st book ...
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