Monthly Archives: April 2009

“The Tempest” — in Africa

Posted on April 25, 2009 by John

I think I’ve been put off “The Tem­pest” by John Geilgud’s mis­con­ceived film “Prospero’s Books”, and by never hav­ing stud­ied it in any depth.  But this RSC pro­duc­tion at Shef­field was superb, done in col­lab­or­a­tion with a South African theatre … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Bob Dylan at Sheffield

Posted on April 25, 2009 by John

Maybe it’s too late to start going to see Bob Dylan.  I can at least say that I saw him live, that it was an enjoy­able even­ing, and that he and his band make a good rock­ing sound.  But his … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Across the Wolds

Posted on April 19, 2009 by John

Ages since I’ve had a good bike ride — so off on the train to Seamer, head­ing back to Malton, tak­ing the bene­fit of a light NE breeze, Star­ted off quite cloudy and cool near the coast — to CAyton … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Fiddles on Fire

Posted on April 13, 2009 by John

To the Sage at Gateshead for some fiddle con­certs.  Note 1. The Sage’s sand­wiches have improved, though not tre­mend­ously. Note 2. The pro­gramme implied fairly con­stant enter­tain­ment in the foyer — in fact extremely sporadic dur­ing the time we were … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Portland Street Pedalling — or not

Posted on April 10, 2009 by John

First ride of the sea­son — due to call first at The Ebor in Bish­op­thorpe. I cycled out there early in order to eat, our kit­chen under­go­ing renov­a­tion, and enjoyed an excel­lent poached had­dock in cream sauce with prawns. The … Con­tinue read­ing →

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