I saw some Shakespeare last night.
I do like Shakespeare. And the best way to enjoy a play in my opinion is in the open air on a summer evening. I like the enforced simplicity of set necessary in a touring open-air production. I simple set becomes the foundation for a better set to be […]
What!? Just for a cup of coffee?
We lived in Hastings on England’s South coast and had been given some vouchers for the ferry to “hop across” the Channel for the day. Our girls were small then and they did not enjoy it. I look back on a disappointing day.
Having once lived on the island […]
In a comment on my recent Google post Tim asked about other search engines.
I can recommend Hyperwords, the extension to Firefox. Not an alternative search engine but a different way of searching.
Find it here.
I have seen various theatre productions over the years. My last had been Les Mes in London, which was very good indeed. However…
Three Men in a Boat at York Theatre Royal, which I saw on Friday evening ranks with the best theatre experiences I can remember. Based on the book by Jerome K Jerome, […]
I recently read that the official Richard Dawkins website reviews four books, each competing for the place of the best response to the book by Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion.
The four books are Deluded by Dawkins, The Darwin Delusion?, The Dawkin Letters and Darwin’s Angel.
The winner according to the reviewer, Paula Kirby, and the […]
What fun!
After my first post on this I decided go and look at ‘The Passion’ website a bit closer. What a laugh!
It seems the programme makers must think they are being clever and thought provoking, or perhaps even challenging.
Some have complained that they are reinventing the crucifixion of Jesus. On their site they use […]
I don’t want to bore my overseas readers but I have a question for the Brits. have you been watching ‘The Passion’ on BBC television? Not Mel Gibson’s version, the BBC’s own.
For a much hyped and trailered drama I found it didn’t grip me. I ended up walking off and doing something more interesting […]
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