21 June 2025

BCSA Garden Party 2025

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Somehow it has been ten years since I lasted posted about te BCSA Garden Party and while Covid carries some of the blame the main fault has ...
19 June 2025

Parsifal at Glyndebourne Festival 2025

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I am a late convertor to Wagner, and not a fully committed one at that, and it was more a sense of exploration that drew me to Parsifal at G...
3 June 2025

Little Women at Richmond Theatre

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I never read Little Women (no great surprise there) but I had learned about it from radio drama adaptations and also an In Our Time episode ...
26 May 2025

Hawkwind at Barbican Hall (26 May 25)

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I use the "hawkwind" tag on this blog to cover any band that plays Hawkwind songs, either exclusively (e.g. Hoaxwind) or mixed in...
24 May 2025

Memento at The Cavern (24 May 25)

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Memento remain one of the best things to do on a Saturday night so I was back at The Cavern to see them again. As usual I walked there and t...
23 May 2025

I have walked every street in Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

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It has been over a year since I completed every street in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and now, finally, I have completed every s...
22 May 2025

Il barbiere di Siviglia at Glyndebourne Festival 2025

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Organising trips to Glyndebourne with different groups of friends takes some doing and then the food, drink and equipment for each trip has ...
20 May 2025

Old shoes, new shoes

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I once heard on a podcast the suggestion that we try everything when we are young but as we get older we stick to just the few things that w...