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Robert Butler

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Robert Butler, a former theatre critic, blogs on the arts and the environment at the Ashden Directory, which he edits.  

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Recent articles by Robert Butler:

    • ONE WORD: PLASTICS
    • REINVENTING THE LIBRARY
    • TAKE TWO WATER BOTTLES...
    • IS GEOGRAPHY THE NEW HISTORY?
    • TO FLY OR NOT TO FLY?
    • ANNI MIRABILES: 1712
    • GOING GREEN: MAKING ENERGY PERSONAL
    • FINALLY, A GOOD PLAY ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
    • BEHIND THE SCENES
    • WALLACE SHAWN TAKES ON HIS OWN AUDIENCE
    • THE ZERO-CARBON CITY OF THE FUTURE
    • LET'S CALL IT "ATMOSPHERE CANCER"
    • A CLIMATOLOGIST WALKS INTO A BAR...
    • GOING GREEN: THE DARWIN OF OUR DAY
    • GOING GREEN: MAKING CLIMATE CHANGE HOT
    • TWEETING MOZART
    • HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARWIN
    • INSIDE THE FORTRESS OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE
    • AN INTERVIEW WITH PHILIP PULLMAN
    • IN THE MUD WITH RICHARD LONG
    • HOW TO MAKE A MUSICAL

The Blog

  • THE FEED: JULY 29THPortion size at the Last Supper, the badassness of Helen Mirren, and other articles we're reading...
  • TEA WITH JULIAN ASSANGEThe notoriously elusive founder of Wikileaks seems noble, but perhaps also naive...
  • THE Q&A: VENDELA VIDA, NOVELIST"[T]hey just stared at me in this bright pink dress, this American who was hugely pregnant and travelling alone. I looked like I was running away from something..."
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  • 101 PLACES TO NEVER SEE
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  • WHAT'S WITH STEAMPUNK?
  • HOW DID SPORT GET SO BIG?
  • SUNSET PARK STANDSTILL
  • "IT WAS LONELY, REALLY LONELY"
  • REMEMBERING JOSÉ SARAMAGO

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quote These days you can’t move for actresses who’ve played Queen Elizabeth I, including Mirren, but a residual deference to the owner of the face on the coins and the stamps has kept portrayals of QEII to a respectful trickle...

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