Monthly Archives: March 2010

Ryedale Revisited — and a good food find

Posted on March 16, 2010 by John

By fold­ing bike to Helms­ley.  Few spring flowers yet apart from snow­drops and cro­cuses, one patch of celandine, and few lambs too, though lots of fat ewes.  Catkins, but not yet the light green sheen on the trees which is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Ibsen for all

Posted on March 15, 2010 by John

“An Enemy of the People” at the Cru­cible was abso­lutely first rate.  Anthony Sher as Dr Stock­mann — an endear­ing and some­what naïve enthu­si­astic ideal­ist — quite unworldly in lots of ways.  His brother quite sin­is­ter as the politi­cian.  A … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Doncaster

Posted on March 15, 2010 by John

Con­sid­er­ing that the last place vis­ited by this log was Paris, Don­caster is up against strong com­pet­i­tion — and comes nowhere.  The Frenchg­ate centre in the even­ing is like vis­it­ing a world where all human life has evap­or­ated — and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Paris

Posted on March 15, 2010 by John

Bras­serie St Louis, Musee de Cluny, Café de la Place in the Marais, Flea Mar­ket, and a won­der­ful tiny flat on the 4th floor on the Ile St Louis.  April in Paris may be mar­vel­lous, but Feb­ru­ary is pretty good … Con­tinue read­ing →

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