I hate the fact that my reading The Beekeper from Aleppo has been timed this way and I hate that by accident I picked a photo that is yellow-bluish. Most of all I hate what is going on in Ukraine, my whole life I have been hoping I will be able to avoid seeing war …
A retelling of the famous feud on the set of Jaws. Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss we not the best of friends, as the story goes supposedly the tensions were flying high, but it also improved their acting. For us, the result is a surprisingly great movie and an entertaining play about their relationship and …
Continue reading The Shark is Broken – Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon, dir. Guy Masterson
Museums that previously were homes are weird places. They may work out splendidly, like Sir John Soane’s Museum, or they may fall a bit flat. Unfortunately, for me, the latter was the case with Charles Dickens Museum. I must admit the bar was set high as I did visit it on the same day as …
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Certainly, a new experience for me, as I’ve never visited before. Having thoroughly enjoyed the National Railway Museum in York a few years ago I thought I may enjoy this as well. And I wasn’t wrong! It is so much fun, especially for someone who lives in London, as it all becomes personal. All the …
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A unique museum that transports us into the past in a way not many museums can. Sir John Soane’s Museum is actually Soane’s house, preserved unchanged as much as possible and housing his extraordinary collection of antiquities, architectural drawings, sculptures, and paintings. You get two for one here: an outstanding collection and an experience curated …
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The first play of 2022, so I won’t be picky. A very decent comedy with an excellent performance by Tamsin Greig. It also nicely dovetails with the topic of this blog, as the play is about Margaret ‘Peggy’ Ramsay, who was a theatrical agent. I had fun, laughed, was in the theatre where I could …
Continue reading Peggy for You – Alan Plater, dir. Richard Wilson
It is the second of my 2022 resolutions and a way of saying goodbye to London. You can check my progress on the theatre front here. To start with I don’t think it’ll end with just 12, actually, I’m sure it won’t. I want to give everyone a fair warning. Having just started to try …
Continue reading 12 Museums for 2022 – Let’s Get Started With an Initial List
In December 2021 going to the theatre for the first time since February 2020 felt truly special. One thing I do love London for is the easy access to the best theatre in Europe. It’s all here on our doorstep and if you hunt well the tickets can be cheaper than VIP seats in a …
Continue reading Four Quartets – T.S. Eliot – 2021 – dir. Ralph Fiennes
If life for once goes according to plan then by end of October, at the latest, I should be enjoying the mild Spanish autumn. That said London is a huge part of my life. I lived here for the past 12 years and in many ways, good and bad, it shaped me as a person. …
If everything goes according to plan 2022 should be the year in which I shall leave London and venture back on the continent. With nine months to go (planned move if September/October) how will I say a worthy goodbye to a city that was my home for twelve years? I have several different ideas and …
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