Stephen Unwin
@stephenunwin.bsky.social
Director, Writer, Teacher, Campaigner.
Founded ETT. Opened the Rose.
Laughing Boy, All Our Children, Poor Naked Wretches, Beautiful Lives.
http://www.stephenunwin.uk/
Founded ETT. Opened the Rose.
Laughing Boy, All Our Children, Poor Naked Wretches, Beautiful Lives.
http://www.stephenunwin.uk/
Nearly 40 years later Tilda Swinton and I are having another go at Manfred Karge’s Man to Man.
Royal Court, Berliner Ensemble, Lucille Lortel, NYC.
Royal Court, Berliner Ensemble, Lucille Lortel, NYC.
October 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Nearly 40 years later Tilda Swinton and I are having another go at Manfred Karge’s Man to Man.
Royal Court, Berliner Ensemble, Lucille Lortel, NYC.
Royal Court, Berliner Ensemble, Lucille Lortel, NYC.
Off to Cambridge University to talk about learning disabilities.
I relish the contradiction.
I relish the contradiction.
October 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Off to Cambridge University to talk about learning disabilities.
I relish the contradiction.
I relish the contradiction.
Best bought in boxes of 10.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Best bought in boxes of 10.
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This has marinaded over many years. Proud it’s finally out.
October 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This has marinaded over many years. Proud it’s finally out.
Proud of this. Like sending a thought out into the world. To be heard, ignored or rejected. But there it is.
October 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Proud of this. Like sending a thought out into the world. To be heard, ignored or rejected. But there it is.
Great talking to Cathy Newman at a lovely evening for KIDS tonight.
October 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Great talking to Cathy Newman at a lovely evening for KIDS tonight.
The British theatre gathered at St James’ Picadilly this morning to remember and celebrate the great Tim West. I was touched to be asked to say a few words.
What an actor. What a man.
What an actor. What a man.
September 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The British theatre gathered at St James’ Picadilly this morning to remember and celebrate the great Tim West. I was touched to be asked to say a few words.
What an actor. What a man.
What an actor. What a man.
I hope in a darkening world this helps spread some light. ❤️
September 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I hope in a darkening world this helps spread some light. ❤️
32 five star comments on Amazon!
September 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
32 five star comments on Amazon!
Joey’s 29 today!
August 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Joey’s 29 today!
I love these quotations.
August 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I love these quotations.
I love this picture of Joey and me. It's on the inside cover of 'Beautiful Lives' and says more than all the tens of thousands of words I wrote.
August 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I love this picture of Joey and me. It's on the inside cover of 'Beautiful Lives' and says more than all the tens of thousands of words I wrote.
What a kind and thoughtful thread…
August 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
What a kind and thoughtful thread…
“Unwin's marvellous, elegant, moving book is a major contribution to the history and understanding of this thing we call learning disability. It’s a powerful, multi-faceted, myth-busting account of the most marginalised and belittled group in modern society.”
Simon Jarrett THOSE THEY CALLED IDIOTS
Simon Jarrett THOSE THEY CALLED IDIOTS
August 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“Unwin's marvellous, elegant, moving book is a major contribution to the history and understanding of this thing we call learning disability. It’s a powerful, multi-faceted, myth-busting account of the most marginalised and belittled group in modern society.”
Simon Jarrett THOSE THEY CALLED IDIOTS
Simon Jarrett THOSE THEY CALLED IDIOTS
An important, intensively researched and beautifully written book ... I hope that anyone in a position to make positive change will read it and consider how we can move a little closer towards accepting that every human life is equal in value and every person has the right to be happy.
Jane Asher
Jane Asher
August 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
An important, intensively researched and beautifully written book ... I hope that anyone in a position to make positive change will read it and consider how we can move a little closer towards accepting that every human life is equal in value and every person has the right to be happy.
Jane Asher
Jane Asher
“With an astonishing breadth of research and a profoundly personal narrative, Stephen Unwin's book is revealing, wise, angry and hopeful. Thank you, Joey, for getting your dad off his arse to write this book.
Hugh Bonneville, actor
Hugh Bonneville, actor
July 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“With an astonishing breadth of research and a profoundly personal narrative, Stephen Unwin's book is revealing, wise, angry and hopeful. Thank you, Joey, for getting your dad off his arse to write this book.
Hugh Bonneville, actor
Hugh Bonneville, actor
Delighted to have an excerpt from my book in the new Byline Times
July 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Delighted to have an excerpt from my book in the new Byline Times
“A landmark book”.
John Harris in The Guardian
John Harris in The Guardian
July 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“A landmark book”.
John Harris in The Guardian
John Harris in The Guardian
Me holding forth at @BylineFest about learning disabilities and what people with learning disabilities can teach the rest of us.
July 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Me holding forth at @BylineFest about learning disabilities and what people with learning disabilities can teach the rest of us.
Interesting: a deep intake of breath just now from Andrew Marr on @LBC @AndrewMarr9 when I told him that the 1944 Educaton Act divided children into two groups: the 'educable' and the 'ineducable'.
Made me think my book might just be helpful.
Made me think my book might just be helpful.
July 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Interesting: a deep intake of breath just now from Andrew Marr on @LBC @AndrewMarr9 when I told him that the 1944 Educaton Act divided children into two groups: the 'educable' and the 'ineducable'.
Made me think my book might just be helpful.
Made me think my book might just be helpful.