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The playwright’s annual diary excerpt criticises the prime minister and Donald Trump and recalls an encounter with Philip Roth

Plays such as Maryland, written in the wake of the killings of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, are rallying points for protest, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Kiln Theatre production is a ‘stunning piece of freewheeling stagecraft’, said The Times

© Dan Wooller for WhatsOnStage The two recipients were Rosalind Eleazar, who played Yelena in the West End production of Uncle Vanya, as well as Luke Thallon, who starred as Fritz/Leo in Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt. Both winners receive £500 and a year's Equity membership, plus a framed certificate. Eleazar said: "Thank you so much for honouring me with this award. Being in Uncle Vanya was such a special experience and the whole cast and crew were so supportive of one another, so to be the recipient of the 2020 Clarence Derwent award for this work is truly humbling." Thallon added: "Capta...

London Review of Books editor Mary-Kay Wilmers steps down after 30 years Alison Flood © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Antonio Olmos/the Observer Mary-Kay Wilmers is stepping down from her role as editor of the London Review of Books, a position she has held for almost 30 years. Wilmers was one of the founders of the literary magazine in 1979, along with Karl Miller and Susannah Clapp, became co-editor in 1988, and has been its sole editor since 1992. In 2019, when the LRB celebrated its 40th anniversary, she was dubbed “Britain’s most influential editor” by the...