Close the Coalhouse Door
Last night I went to the theatre. I’m very lucky to live in London where a lot of good theatre happens. This year, I’ve made more of an effort to do more local theatre, not the National or stuff at the...
View ArticleRSC’s Julius Caesar
Theatre this summer seems to have mostly been Shakespeare. We didn’t plan it like that, but we saw Henry V at the Globe, Timon of Athens at the National and last Friday, the RSC production of Julius...
View ArticleThe Weekend
This weekend started early because I had Friday off. To go to the Sanctuary with Christelle. This was a present from Christelle for doing a reading at her and Mike’s wedding and being the witness and...
View ArticleFriday Links
Happy Friday or as I like to call it ‘Pain au raisin’ day. I caused general cultural confusion in a cafe in DC this year when I asked for a coffee and a pain au raisin. It took some pointing but in DC...
View ArticleWhat I Did Last Week
Last week was really back to reality and work time. I like my job just find but I’m not sure I’ll ever really truly love anything that I have to do and I’m not into the idea of do what you love....
View ArticleHigh Society at the Old Vic
I haven’t been to a lot of theatre this year. It’s expensive and I don’t have a lot of money. But we are going to see High Society in August. I was umming and ahhing about it. High Society is a musical...
View ArticleFriday Links
Happy Friday! It’s been a week, I’m off out tonight to Dirty Martini (all I can say is that some of the martinis had better be clean!) with the ladies from Elexon, although the ex-Elexon ladies are now...
View ArticleA bit of culture
I left work early yesterday to go and see the Bridge Theatre’s production of Julius Caesar. It’s a good production, well acted and more urgent than the other productions I’ve seen. That is one of the...
View ArticleMonday Miscellany: Too hot to do anything
Happy Monday! Last week we had a mini heatwave, it was intense, it was 37C in my house on Thursday, I took many coldish baths and sat in front of fan. It’s calmed down now and thank God. So we are...
View ArticleMonday Miscellany: Theatre, Wine, Cinema
Happy Monday! Last week was half term which meant that getting into work in the morning was somewhat easier and work was a lot quieter, which provided balance because going home was full of whiny...
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