Tag Archives: 1963
LBJ and JFK: Assassination & the struggle for power
“The King – the President – is dead. The King has a brother. The brother hates the Vice-President. You have a really Shakespearean struggle for power here.” Robert Caro, Lyndon B Johnson’s biographer talking to me about the assassination. It … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged 1963, 60s, asassination, elitism, JFK, LBJ, Martin Luther King, Michael Goldfarb, politics, Robert Caro, US Congress, US Presidency, US Senate
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Oh What A Lovely War Commemoration!
Recently the Prime Minister spoke of his hopes that events to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War would be a “commemoration that, like the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, says something about who we are as … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, History, Media, Music, Politics, Radio, Theatre, Uncategorized, War
Tagged 1963, 60s, BBC, culture, David Cameron, David Kynaston, elitism, Erica Whyman, Field Marshall Haig, First World War, Joan Littlewood, Michael Billington, Murray Melvin, Oh What A Lovely War!, politics, satire, Theatre Royal Stratford, war
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