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Theatre England & Son Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Neil Cooper Five stars Waking up in a bin at the back of Wetherspoon’s is something of an…

Ed Edwards' play was written specifically for political comedian Mark Thomas to perform

Set when The Great Devouring comes home, England & Son is a one-man play written specifically for the award-winning political comedian Mark Thomas by award-winning playwright Ed Edwards (The Political History of Smack and Crack) and the first play that Mark has ever performed in that he has not also written.

A selection of the best-reviewed shows at this summer’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which will be touring around the UK in the coming months

Mark Thomas stars in a tour-de-force solo play about colonialism that seems ready for a West End run.

Ed edward: bill, we just saw the wholesale prices going up 9.7%. thats the prices that companies in order to make the goods that they have, theyre getting more expensive. the president and his economic advisers both made the case that theyre -- [inaudible] talking about transportation and how theyre moving containers through at a bigger rate as theyre being offloaded. i want you to listen here to fed chairman jay powell testify this week. listen to this. >> the number of ships at anchor is still...

Public lands and the arctic. but that perception causes pressure on oil prices. just that perception. and we are energy dependent on oil. need a long-term plan to get off of oil. we cant do it all at once at the price of the american consumer. they are the ones that get hammered. energy costs for gas, ed, are 30% higher this winter, 6% higher for electrical at a minimum, and were going to see $4 at the pump by memorial day. edward: whoa, thats a big prediction. [laughter] so the last time though...

What we mentioned, your costs are just through the roof right now. >> yeah. i think, you know, were just seeing an immense amount of inflation and, hopefully, well see some relief down the road, but itll probably be a while before we expect that to happen. >> reporter: the white house says its making progress on showing the rate of inflation. number one, are you seeing that? and, number two, how long is this going to last? >> i wont say weve seen it yet. you know, i doubt we see it next week, bu...

To make changes day one. al sand drink alexandria hoff is in richmond keeping us up-to-date. >> reporter: hi, ed. yeah, the pageantry is on full display, but were also getting hints at a change of leadership style and changes to a day like this. take a look at the setup here. the swearing-in will take place around noon. remember, back in november the political outsider did what no virginia republican has done in 12 years, he won a statewide election. >> and the best days for the commonwealth of ...

Edward: a senior official told me americans can start getting their free at-home tests january 19th. but the tests will not be shipped for 7-12 days after the ordering. so the administration, you know, did not have all the tests in their possession either. is this too little too late on this testing? >> its definitely late, but its still going to be useful because people are going to want to know their status, want to get prescriptions, so tests are going to be important in a sustained manner fo...