Now I’m not the world’s biggest fan of Christmas, but even for me the disruption of 2020 Crimbo plans (not that I had many) has been a bit of a pain. It would have been better not to have our expectations raised. Just saying Boris… Fortunately managed to squeeze in […]
The lock down grinds on and we continue to have to look for ways to break the humdrum of groundhog days. Cold days and dark nights make going out less and less appealing as winter draws in. Last week it was a group virtual theatre experience. This week a […]
With all the restrictions around Covid 19 I’ve missed going to the theatre. Thankfully theatre’s have stepped up and streamed some great stuff during the lockdown. The National Theatre has been a treasure. The latest offering Death of England:Delroy was fantastic. The writing and acting were absolutely brilliant, as was […]
The delightful film Hunt for the Wilderpeople had me in stitches much of the way through. And wishing the 3 months to my next visit to one of my favourite travel destinations in the world so far, will pass quickly (- and the time there pass lingeringly of course). Julian […]
Had the pleasure of going to a couple of great Jazz gigs recently… First up the fine, mellow, and melodic Alison Rayner Quintet aka ARQ. Alison on double bass, Steve Lodder piano, Buster Birch on drums, Diane McLoughlin on saxophone, Deirdre Cartwright on guitar. These guys are all superb and […]
This month saw the UK general release of Janis, Little Girl Blue, a film about the late, great Janis Joplin whose untimely over 45 years ago at the tender age of 27 was a big loss to the world in my humble opinion. Looking forward to seeing the film which […]
… theatre… One of the bit pluses of living in the big smoke. Theatres coming out of your ears and great productions abound. Last weekend it was Richmond’s fabulous little Orange Tree Theatre for The Rolling Stone, a Chris Urch play about Uganda’s anti gay laws. This weekend it was August […]
The recent news of David Bowie’s death took me back to the film Christiane F which Bowie wrote the soundtrack for. The film really affected me when I saw it back in the early ’80s, and no less so almost 25 years later when I watched it again recently. Without […]
Feeling a lot happier now we’ve got our first short trip of the year in a few weeks booked. Looking forward to feeling some warm rays on my bod. In the meantime speaking of travels, I did so vicariously by going to a fantastic performance by Baaba Maal and friends […]
Got the new year off to a sobering start by seeing this excellent, moving and anger inducing film about climbing Mount Everest. For a change, told from the point of view of the Sherpa community. (most) Westerners come off looking pretty shabby to put it mildly – both the mountaineering […]
