Sam Mendes presents Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, an audible original drama.

The young gentleman's name would be...

Oliver, Oliver Twist.

...with Brian Cox as Fagan.

What have you seen? Street boy.

Nicola Cochlan as Nancy and Daniel Caluia as Bill Sykes.

Oh, look at me like a hello to my lawyer!

I love you, Bill!

...with original music by Dan Gillespie Cells.

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As Vladimir Putin prepares to invade Ukraine,

it's more important than ever to show our enemies around the world

that the West is strong, united, and ready to fight for our position of global leadership.

Yes, it was embarrassing when a bunch of illiterate goat herders

stole all our military gear and chased us out of Afghanistan last year.

And yes, it's not a great look that neither American political party reliably trusts the results of our elections.

And okay, fine.

It is unfortunate that we no longer have a functioning national border

and that violent crime is surging from coast to coast,

and that our population is literally dying through drugs and suicide and sterility with no end in sight.

But, but Putin should not mistake any of those problems for Western weakness.

No, sir, just look at our next generation of leaders.

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