Rory Stewart

Adelaide Writers' Week Reveals 2024 Program

For the 39th Adelaide Writers' Week, spanning six days from Saturday 2 March to Thursday 7 March, the world's leading writers will come together in the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden to reflect on the lessons of history, make sense of the present moment and imagine the future.

Review: THE REST IS POLITICS LIVE, Royal Albert Hall

Wonderfully warm show by the soi-disant 'Pod-Gods' taps into a desire for a gentler, more considerate politics. See what our critic thought of the podcast.

Adelaide Festival Reveals Ruth Mackenzie and Kath M Mainland's 2024 Program

The 39th Adelaide Festival presents a reimagining of the direction festivals are taking in the 21st Century. Find out more about the program curated by Ruth Mackenzie and Kath M Mainland.

Miriam Margolyes and Dame Judi Dench to Appear on Gyles Brandreth's New Podcast, ROSEBUD

Legendary British writer, broadcaster, ex-MP and TV star Gyles Brandreth launches his new podcast Rosebud on September 1 – St Giles’s Day. In this new series, Gyles will talk to famous and fascinating people about their first memories and first experiences.

Review: THE REST IS POLITICS LIVE, Royal Albert Hall

If you have a passing interest in podcasts then you will have heard of The Rest Is Politics, the wildly successful podcast featuring the unlikely duo of ex-MP Rory Stewart and New Labour spin-doctor Alistair Campbell. The podcast only began in March this year, so it is testament to its popularity that a show like this can sell out in a matter of moments.

THE REST IS POLITICS LIVE Comes to the Royal Albert Hall for End-Of-Year Special

The Royal Albert Hall and Goalhanger Podcasts have announced a special end-of-year round-up live show with #1 ranked UK podcast The Rest is Politics on 13 December.

Sir Keir Starmer, Jeremy Corbyn, and Nadine Dorries Will Appear at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Following the incredible 23 shows announced as part of the Pleasance Futures season, the third and largest official on-sale brings a host of incredible acts to the Pleasance this summer.  With returning Edinburgh Comedy award-winners, international companies, exciting new companies and debut comics, music, cabaret, live podcasts and children's work. 

BWW Review: LETTERS LIVE, Royal Albert Hall

After months of refurbishments and closure due to coronavirus, the Royal Albert Hall is back open and ready to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Part of its full re-opening programme was the return of Letters Live, an event which has taken place at various venues across the world (from the Union Chapel in Islington to the Calais refugee camp to Los Angeles), and made its debut at the Royal Albert Hall back in 2019.

Jess Phillips, Edward Enninful, and Toni Morrison Event Complete Line Up For WOW Festival 2020

The WOW Foundation has today announced the full line up for the 2020 10th anniversary Festival in London. British Vogue will present 'Forces for Change' with Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful OBE. Forces for Change was launched in The September Issue of British Vogue guest edited by HRH The Duchess of Sussex. For this special WOW event, the editor-in-chief has invited artists, activists and fashion pioneers to join him for an evening of conversation exploring the publication's ongoing movement, sharing stories of female trailblazers setting the agenda across the globe.

BWW Review: LETTERS LIVE, Royal Albert Hall

Almost six years since its first outing at the Tabernacle, Letters Live last night put on its biggest show yet: in the grandiose and historic setting of the Royal Albert Hall. As well as celebrating the joy and emotion of the written word, with the help of a stunning array of talent, the shows also seek to support charitable causes - this time it was the turn of the National Literacy Trust. Over the course of three hours, the audience was treated to a wide-ranging selection of correspondence, including everything from noisy neighbours and Albert Hall shenanigans, to a prolifically flatulent dog.

Essex Books Presents Shelf Awareness: Extreme Browsing

After reading an article about the delights of bookstore browsing (something I rarely do--I usually have a specific book in mind), I decided to divide an unexpected largesse among three indie stores, and so I wandered the aisles to explore outside my usual genres. My rules were: 1) no mystery or fiction, and 2) only paperbacks. Here are a few I bought.

BWW Review: OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS, Hampstead Theatre

Occupational Hazards portrays the chaos of post-Saddam Iraq through the eyes of Rory Stewart, who was there and who tried.

Photo Flash: First Look at OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS at Hampstead Theatre

Hampstead Theatre presents the world premiere of Stephen Brown's play Occupational Hazards, which is based on Rory Stewart's critically acclaimed memoir of the same name. Directed by Simon Godwin, this new play tells an extraordinary story about the moral conflicts, the dangers and the comic absurdities inherent in any foreign occupation. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

WOYZECK Leads May's Top 10 New London Shows

London is never short of theatre temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From new takes on Brecht and Buchner to Jez Butterworth's latest and a classic musical, here are some of this month's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld's reviews…

Photo Flash: In Rehearsals with OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS at Hampstead Theatre

Hampstead Theatre presents the world premiere of Stephen Brown's play Occupational Hazards, which is based onRory Stewart's critically acclaimed memoir of the same name.

BAFTA Award Winners Announced: Meryl Streep, Christopher Plummer and More

The BAFTA Film Awards Winners were announced today, 12 February, at London's Royal Opera House.