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The Guardian view on the two cultures: bridge the divide, starting with A-levels | Editorial
By Editorial

Seventy years after CP Snow warned of estrangement between the sciences and arts, breadth in education should be encouraged

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/09/the-guardian-view-on-the-two-cultures-bridge-the-divide-starting-with-a-levels

#Education #Alevels #Exams #Schools #Sixthform #Science #Mathematics #Art #Humanities #TomStoppard #TheGuardian #Editorial

The Guardian view on the two cultures: bridge the divide, starting with A-levels | Editorial
By Editorial

Seventy years after CP Snow warned of estrangement between the sciences and arts, breadth in education should be encouraged

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/09/the-guardian-view-on-the-two-cultures-bridge-the-divide-starting-with-a-levels

#Education #Alevels #Exams #Schools #Sixthform #Science #Mathematics #Art #Humanities #TomStoppard #TheGuardian #Editorial

#ScribesAndMakers ~ Are you more comfortable communicating verbally (or signing/ other non-written) or in writing?

Verbally.

But it also depends on what is communicated;
~ Chitchat? Verbally, absolutely.
~ Instructions? In writing, one wouldn't want to misunderstand them.

Since Tom Stoppard noted...
"We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style."
... I'm not sure it matters which medium I choose. Let's cauterise obscurity together.

#TomStoppard

#ScribesAndMakers ~ Are you more comfortable communicating verbally (or signing/ other non-written) or in writing?

Verbally.

But it also depends on what is communicated;
~ Chitchat? Verbally, absolutely.
~ Instructions? In writing, one wouldn't want to misunderstand them.

Since Tom Stoppard noted...
"We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style."
... I'm not sure it matters which medium I choose. Let's cauterise obscurity together.

#TomStoppard

"When you write, it's making a certain kind of music in your head. There's a rhythm to it, a pulse, and on the whole, I'm writing to that drum rather than the psychological process."

~ Tom Stoppard, born today, 1937.

#TomStoppard #Quote #Today

"When you write, it's making a certain kind of music in your head. There's a rhythm to it, a pulse, and on the whole, I'm writing to that drum rather than the psychological process."

~ Tom Stoppard, born today, 1937.

#TomStoppard #Quote #Today

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
-- Tom Stoppard

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TomStoppard #Life

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
-- Tom Stoppard

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TomStoppard #Life

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

BBC Radio have recently released a bunch of plays by #TomStoppard, so I've been listening to them.

He's clearly a big #PinkFloyd fan -- one of them (Darkside) is basically set to Dark Side of the Moon as a soundtrack. The whole thing. In order.

The one I'm listening to right now has Syd Barrett as an important (but off-stage) character.

This realisation makes it now less surprising that the intro to the film of Rosencrantz and Guildensterm is set to "Seamus" from Meddle...

BBC Radio have recently released a bunch of plays by #TomStoppard, so I've been listening to them.

He's clearly a big #PinkFloyd fan -- one of them (Darkside) is basically set to Dark Side of the Moon as a soundtrack. The whole thing. In order.

The one I'm listening to right now has Syd Barrett as an important (but off-stage) character.

This realisation makes it now less surprising that the intro to the film of Rosencrantz and Guildensterm is set to "Seamus" from Meddle...

#TomStoppard #RadioDrama

Celebrating Stoppard: Albert's Bridge
Spotlight

Tom Stoppard's Albert's Bridge is part of Radio 4's Celebrating Stoppard collection.

This is a 1988 production of the play first broadcast in 1967, the year Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead opened at the National Theatre.

Albert is a philosophy graduate who turns the painting of a vast railway bridge into a comic, quixotic search for meaning. Up on the ironwork, suspended above a world that looks reassuringly like a model railway set, he has found something rare: perspective. The only question is how long it can last.

Funny, strange and with serious foundations worn lightly, Albert's Bridge won the Prix Italia and an award at the International Radio Play Festival in Prague.

Albert ..... Paul Copley
Kate ..... Diane Bull
Fraser ..... Geoffrey Matthews
Chairman ..... George A Cooper
Fitch ..... Peter Baldwin
Dave ..... Richard Tate
George ..... John Sampson
Mother ..... Eva Stuart
Father ..... Alan Dudley
Painters ..... Norman Bird & Stephen Rashbrook

Director: David Hitchinson

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tpbc

#TomStoppard #RadioDrama

Celebrating Stoppard: Albert's Bridge
Spotlight

Tom Stoppard's Albert's Bridge is part of Radio 4's Celebrating Stoppard collection.

This is a 1988 production of the play first broadcast in 1967, the year Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead opened at the National Theatre.

Albert is a philosophy graduate who turns the painting of a vast railway bridge into a comic, quixotic search for meaning. Up on the ironwork, suspended above a world that looks reassuringly like a model railway set, he has found something rare: perspective. The only question is how long it can last.

Funny, strange and with serious foundations worn lightly, Albert's Bridge won the Prix Italia and an award at the International Radio Play Festival in Prague.

Albert ..... Paul Copley
Kate ..... Diane Bull
Fraser ..... Geoffrey Matthews
Chairman ..... George A Cooper
Fitch ..... Peter Baldwin
Dave ..... Richard Tate
George ..... John Sampson
Mother ..... Eva Stuart
Father ..... Alan Dudley
Painters ..... Norman Bird & Stephen Rashbrook

Director: David Hitchinson

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tpbc

Strong revival of Arcadia: past scenes gripping, present-day strand less urgent. I felt I followed all the theory as I watched, yet somehow left the theatre with most of it vanished from my head. A confident, thoughtful staging.

#tomstoppard #arcadia #theatre #theatrereview #london

‘He played with language better than anybody’: Terry Gilliam and John Boorman on Tom Stoppard https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/05/terry-gilliam-film-maker-tribute-tom-stoppard #TerryGilliam #TomStoppard #JohnBoorman #Culture #Stage #Film

‘He played with language better than anybody’: Terry Gilliam and John Boorman on Tom Stoppard https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/05/terry-gilliam-film-maker-tribute-tom-stoppard #TerryGilliam #TomStoppard #JohnBoorman #Culture #Stage #Film

Joe Wright on Tom Stoppard: ‘He loved sweets, smoking, words and women – in the reverse order’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/04/tom-stoppard-anna-karenina-joe-wright #TomStoppard #JoeWright #Culture #Stage #Film

Joe Wright on Tom Stoppard: ‘He loved sweets, smoking, words and women – in the reverse order’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/04/tom-stoppard-anna-karenina-joe-wright #TomStoppard #JoeWright #Culture #Stage #Film

art after genocide, part II
https://www.outsidelight.online/otherwriting/otherwriting-art-after-genocide-part-ii/
#genocide #theatre #tomstoppard #artaftergenocide

RE: https://mstdn.social/@990000/115653106560125717

And if you haven't read Arcadia, you really should do it.
It's one of the books that made me realize the power of literature.

And yes, especially you tech people who only care about escapist fantasy, you should read it.

#science #TomStoppard #literature

RE: https://mstdn.social/@990000/115653106560125717

And if you haven't read Arcadia, you really should do it.
It's one of the books that made me realize the power of literature.

And yes, especially you tech people who only care about escapist fantasy, you should read it.

#science #TomStoppard #literature

@990000
I’m a little freaked out.

Calling it a day, I want to read until sleep arrived. My current book depresses me. “No, something else.” With Stoppard’s recent passing, I thought, “Arcadia!” I don’t have a copy. The only downloadable version is L.A. Theater Works’ audio recording. Wonderful, but I want the words to sing them myself. I’ll buy the Grove Press edition tomorrow.

Disappointed, a Fediverse chuckle would have to do.

First thing I see is this post. Wow

#TomStoppard

David Mamet, about Tom Stoppard, in The Free Press:
"Steven Spielberg asked Tom to write the screenplay for Jaws, and Tom said he couldn’t as he was writing a play for the BBC. Spielberg said, 'I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate with me on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?"
"No," Tom said, "BBC Radio."
#TomStoppard #writing #WritingCommunity

David Mamet, about Tom Stoppard, in The Free Press:
"Steven Spielberg asked Tom to write the screenplay for Jaws, and Tom said he couldn’t as he was writing a play for the BBC. Spielberg said, 'I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate with me on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?"
"No," Tom said, "BBC Radio."
#TomStoppard #writing #WritingCommunity

#RIP #TomStoppard 👀

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gohcm44o3bv2q2gux6laxmmj/post/3m6ykow3vvs2o

Tom Stoppard has died

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74xe49q7vlo

#HackerNews #TomStoppard #Death #Tribute #Literature #News #RIPLiterature

Tom Stoppard has died

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74xe49q7vlo

#HackerNews #TomStoppard #Death #Tribute #Literature #News #RIPLiterature

With Oscar-winning playwright Sir #TomStoppard sadly passing away 2 days ago aged 88, here's 2 UK news reports highlighting his career.
Who knew although uncredited that Spielberg tasked him to rewrite big chunks of #IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade in particular the "Junior" and "Senior" conversations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ww0vO2EI9Y

With Oscar-winning playwright Sir #TomStoppard sadly passing away 2 days ago aged 88, here's 2 UK news reports highlighting his career.
Who knew although uncredited that Spielberg tasked him to rewrite big chunks of #IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade in particular the "Junior" and "Senior" conversations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ww0vO2EI9Y

Bari Weiss (@bariweiss): "Amazing anecdote from David Mamet about Tom Stoppard in @TheFP: "Steven Spielberg asked Tom to write the screenplay for Jaws, and Tom said he couldn’t as he was writing a play for the BBC. Spielberg said, 'I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate with me on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?" "No," Tom said, "BBC Radio."
https://www.thefp.com/p/david-mamet-tom-stoppard-and-me" | nitter

https://nitter.net/bariweiss/status/1995275693375082526#m

Sir #TomStoppard

Bari Weiss (@bariweiss): "Amazing anecdote from David Mamet about Tom Stoppard in @TheFP: "Steven Spielberg asked Tom to write the screenplay for Jaws, and Tom said he couldn’t as he was writing a play for the BBC. Spielberg said, 'I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate with me on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?" "No," Tom said, "BBC Radio."
https://www.thefp.com/p/david-mamet-tom-stoppard-and-me" | nitter

https://nitter.net/bariweiss/status/1995275693375082526#m

Sir #TomStoppard

That's from an essay about Sir #TomStoppard : https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/tom-stoppards-ordinary-magic

Via #MarginalRevolution

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That's from an essay about Sir #TomStoppard : https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/tom-stoppards-ordinary-magic

Via #MarginalRevolution

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Sir Tom Stoppard worked on Star Wars https://www.generationstarwars.com/2025/12/sir-tom-stoppard-worked-on-star-wars.html #TomStoppard #IndianaJones #StarWars #Blog

Sir Tom Stoppard worked on Star Wars https://www.generationstarwars.com/2025/12/sir-tom-stoppard-worked-on-star-wars.html #TomStoppard #IndianaJones #StarWars #Blog

I wanted to write #WordlePoetry in homage to the great existential playwright we lost this w/e. This #wordle didn't make it easy to unify my guesses into #ReverseWordle #poetry

#Wordle1625 4/6 An #ode to Tom Stoppard

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛He punched holes through absurdity
⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛with illuminating language
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩while cunningly occluding meanings
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩in our stifling existential reality

Now back to my marathon w/e of #TomStoppard plays & movies💙

I wish I could have told him #CancelCulture is a #Richtwing myth

Tom Stoppard’s Radical Invitation

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/tom-stoppards-radical-invitation

Se oggi #GwynethPaltrow non ha più l'esigenza di recitare e può dedicarsi ad attività (immagino più) fruttifere quali vendere candele all'odor di (sua) vagina, il merito va anche a questo #film grazie al quale vinse l'#Oscar. Stesso riconoscimento che ottenne chi lo scrisse, #TomStoppard, che se n'è andato ieri. #Shakespeare in Love - Streaming ITA - Streaming-Community https://streaming-community.golf/titles/2145-shakespeare-in-love-aa-online-bb/watching.html

@spettacoli

#theatre

Se oggi #GwynethPaltrow non ha più l'esigenza di recitare e può dedicarsi ad attività (immagino più) fruttifere quali vendere candele all'odor di (sua) vagina, il merito va anche a questo #film grazie al quale vinse l'#Oscar. Stesso riconoscimento che ottenne chi lo scrisse, #TomStoppard, che se n'è andato ieri. #Shakespeare in Love - Streaming ITA - Streaming-Community https://streaming-community.golf/titles/2145-shakespeare-in-love-aa-online-bb/watching.html

@spettacoli

#theatre

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
And now, so is Tom Stoppard. RIP.

ROSENCRANTZ: We could play at questions.
GUILDENSTERN: What good would that do?
ROS: Practice!
GUIL: Statement! One-love!
ROS: Cheating!
GUIL: How?
ROS: I hadn't started yet!
GUIL: Statement. Two-love.
ROS: Are you counting that?
GUIL: What?
ROS: Are you counting that?
GUIL: Foul! No repetitions. Three-love. First game to--
...

#TomStoppard

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
And now, so is Tom Stoppard. RIP.

ROSENCRANTZ: We could play at questions.
GUILDENSTERN: What good would that do?
ROS: Practice!
GUIL: Statement! One-love!
ROS: Cheating!
GUIL: How?
ROS: I hadn't started yet!
GUIL: Statement. Two-love.
ROS: Are you counting that?
GUIL: What?
ROS: Are you counting that?
GUIL: Foul! No repetitions. Three-love. First game to--
...

#TomStoppard

Addio a #TomStoppard, tra #teatro, #cinema e impegno
https://ilmanifesto.it/addio-a-tom-stoppard-tra-teatro-cinema-e-impegno
Il commediografo e sceneggiatore, premio Oscar per Shakespeare in Love, è morto a 88 anni nella sua casa del Dorset. Nato nell’ex Cecoslovacchia ma naturalizzato britannico

#RIP #TomStoppard, an absolute genius playwright. I had the pleasure of appearing recently in a community production of his first big success, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead." It's a brilliant play, simultaneously funny and unnerving, and also the trickiest script I've ever dealt with. Hail and farewell. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74xe49q7vlo

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay of the 1998 film "Shakespeare In Love," has died at the age of 88. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/11/30/stage/tom-stoppard-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #tomstoppard #obituaries #uk #theater

Tom Stoppard has died. 😢
I'd lie if I said I read a lot from him, but in college I fell in love with his play Arcadia, to the point that I spent several weeks translating it, just because (the things we did before the internet and social media).
Of course, it was officially translated shortly after, and I found my translation better (I don't mean it was, I lacked some modesty back then).

In any case, it makes me want to read him again. ⤵️

#TomStoppard #Literature #RIP

Tom Stoppard died.

He's my favourite playwrite (tied with Beckett). I fell in love with R&G Are Dead when I found an old copy to read as a death-obsessed kid, and for years (as a death-obsessed adult) would watch the movie almost every day.

I remember reading it over and over again when I was about 10 or 11, thinking it held some sort of secret about death and finally working out that it was actually really funny. And thrn the feeling of realising that those moments of humour were actually quietly horrific.

I remember rediscovering how clever it was after reading Hamlet for school and understanding who the characters in R&G Are Dead actually were.

I remember being fascinated by Dreyfuss' portrayal of The Player: "..Blood is compulsory—they're all blood, you see.." seemingly conjuring the entire world of that play in one simple line.

"Whatever became of the moment
when one first knew about death? There must have been one, a moment, in childhood, when it first occurred to you that you don't go on forever. It must have been shattering, stamped into one's memory. And yet I can't remember it. It never occurred to me at all. We must be born with an intuition of mortality. Before we know the word for it, before we know that there are words, out we come, bloodied and squalling.. with the knowledge that for all the points of the compass, there's only one direction
and time is its only measure."

I'm sad.

#TomStoppard #rosencrantzandguildensternaredead #theatre #writing #movie #film

RE: https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk/115634485983640160

Awww. I never saw the play, but Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is one of my absolute favorite movies.

#TomStoppard

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Farewell Tom Stoppard. I had him down as someone who should have won the Nobel Prize for Literature but didn't. A playwright of dazzling inventiveness and erudition whose work still managed to be amazingly funny and accessible.

#TomStoppard #RIPTomStoppard

Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright and Screenwriter, Dead at 88

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/tom-stoppard-award-winning-playwright-screenwriter-dead-obit-1235474508/