At The Top

In a busy week I've struggled for time to read, outside of the reading required to do the job, but I have managed to get close to finishing David Hare's play The Absence of War. I'm developing quite a taste for his work. This one's a little bit of its time, being first performed in 1993 - about attempts by the Labour Party to win an election, which, being of its time, fail. But I think it still has resonance in its exploration of the sacrifices that need to be made to function politically. It's something of a thrill to feel you've got the inside version of what its like at the top. If it's like this, and the play rings true, then I'm glad I'm not there. But, then, I've always known that.