Theatre 2019 – Richard III, Royal and Derngate, Northampton

Saturday, 25th May 2019 – Richard III, Royal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton Well, that was… interesting. I think that’s the word I’m going to go with. Lynne probably had it best when she said it was very much the ITV version of Richard III. My take was it was Richard III but it wasn’t Shakespeare…

Food 2018 – Moro, London

Saturday, 8th December 2018 – Moro, London A trip to Moro in December has become a tradition for ourselves and a number of our friends, and is tacked on to the end of a visit to Sadlers’ Wells Theatre for whatever dance treat Matthew Bourne has laid on in the run up to Christmas. This…

Theatre 2018 – King Lear, Duke of York’s Theatre, London

Saturday, September 29th 2018 – King Lear, Duke of York’s Theatre, London We swore after our 2016 “Year of Lear”, having seen Michael Pennington, Sir Anthony Sher and Dame Glenda Jackson all give superb if wildly different interpretations of the role, that we would spare ourselves the gloom of it for a while and would…

Theatre 2018 – Richard III, Rose Theatre, York

Saturday, 7th July 2018 – Richard III, Rose Theatre, York Word of Europe’s first pop-up Shakespearean theatre, the Rose, had been circulating round last year and when the tickets went on sale, and we realised that one of the plays on offer was Richard III, we knew we had to get tickets. We’ve been to…

Travel 2018 – Vienna (Ideas for Tourists)

Monday, 19th March 2018 – Vienna Ideas To an extent this was a post for a very specific person back in 2005, but it was also a very useful exercise for me as a planning post – I’ve rechecked all the links and they are fully up to date so when next I visit it…

Travel 2018 – Monaco, Day 3

Sunday, February 18th 2018 – Monaco After some pretty questionable weather we woke on Sunday to blue skies, bright sunshine and just the sort of weather we’d be hoping for. After another very pleasant breakfast we took the lift to the top floor of the hotel and set off towards the Casino, getting side-tracked by…

Events 2017 – Christmas Trail, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

Saturday, 25th November 2017 – Christmas Trail, Blenheim Palace Having been to the event in 2016 we were quite keen to do the Blenheim Palace Christmas Trail again in 2017 and so booked ourselves in good and early, which meant we had a good choice of dates (though the Saturday slots were filling up fast…

Travel/Food 2017 – Kingston-upon-Hull, Beverley, Raskelf

Saturday, 11th/Sunday, 12th November 2017 – Kingston-upon-Hull (Hull) This was a much shorter visit than the one in May, as we only stayed one night (at the splendidly-located City Centre Premier Inn right by The Deep) and arrived an hour or so before the start of the performance we were there to see, the “Last…