Saturday, 12th December 2015 – London, Bruges This trip came about because we’d fancied a “Christmas Markets” type weekend away in the run up to Christmas and as I was hunting for something that appealed a deal came up for a Eurostar and hotel package at a price that was too good to walk away…
Tag: Arts
Theatre 2014 – The Crucible, The Old Vic, London
We were lucky enough to get hold of tickets for what has been a pretty much sold out production of “The Crucible” at The Old Vic, opting for a Saturday afternoon matinee (made necessary by the fact that at almost 4 hours, if we’d gone for an evening performance we’d have spent the last half…
Music 2013 – Music in My Head!
Thank you, BBC Radio 4 for leaving me humming (badly, out-of-tune) the wonderfully evocative “When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease” by Roy Harper. It’s odd, isn’t it, how you can not hear something for months, or in this case years, and suddenly in the space of two week’s I’ve heard it twice, once in…
Music 2012 – Silliness
On the grounds that it is, apparently, 25 years since the first IKEA store opened in the UK, I bring you this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO7W2Tytfvk And here are the words for anyone who wants to know… Ikea by the very wonderful Mitch Benn We come from the lands of the snow and ice And gods of war…
Theatre/Food 2011 – Playboy of the Western World, Baltic, London…
Saturday, 21st August 2011 -Old Vic Theatre, Baltic, London I NEVER win anything. Never. That said, after 51 years where the only thing I ever won was a set of spoons (don’t ask) this last 12 months I’ve been having far more success. £100 there, a Waitrose Christmas cake here, tickets for the Ideal Home…
Travel/Food 2011 – British Museum, Cambio de Terce, Victoria and Albert Museum, Canela, London
Saturday, 7th May 2011 – Afghanistan, Crossroads of the Ancient World, British Museum, Cambio de Terce, The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900, Victoria and Albert Museum, Canela, London We’ve just had a day in London – mostly of culture and food. It started with an early-ish train out of Milton Keynes with intent…
Travel 2011 – Monza
Wednesday, 13th/Thursday, 14th April 2011 – Monza, Como, Brunate Wednesday was all about the travelling, and it was late in the evening when we made it to Milan Linate and then spent some time trying to round up our hire car. That got interesting, largely because Avis’ website is not quite as informative as it…
Theatre/Food 2011 – The Childrens Hour, Val Taro, Eat at 23, London, Brackley
Saturday, 12th/Sunday, 13th February 2011 – The Childrens Hour, Val Taro, Eat at 23, London, Brackley On Saturday we made what was a rare trip to the theatre. Given the costs of train travel to London for two people, along with the cost of tickets, it’s not something we’ve been able to do that often…
Travel 2010 – Monaco, Antibes, Day 3
Friday, 15th October 2010 – Monaco, Antibes, Day 3 Friday morning I got up relatively early and went for a swim in the hotel pool – which was heart-stoppingly cold that early in the day. The sun was just coming up behind the building and hadn’t hit the water, but I soon warmed up and…
Travel 2010 – Monaco, Days 1 and 2
Wednesday, 13th/Thursday, 14th October 2010 – Monaco, Days 1 and 2 I’ve been missing in action for such a long time now that it’s very hard to know where to start, so I’ll make it simple and go with where I am right now and what I’m doing. After a long complicated summer, Lynne and…
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