Category Archives: Travel
“Say it with gin”
This evening I walked to the Old Vic in Waterloo for their production of Cole Porter’s classic musical High Society, directed by three-time Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman. The production was in the round and I sat on the
“Say it with gin”
This evening I walked to the Old Vic in Waterloo for their production of Cole Porter’s classic musical High Society, directed by three-time Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman. The production was in the round and I sat on the
A busy day for royalty
These days you just pop into hospital to deliver a baby and then go home moments later. The Duchess of Cambridge so that today at the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington. Moments later appearing with a daughter,
A busy day for royalty
These days you just pop into hospital to deliver a baby and then go home moments later. The Duchess of Cambridge so that today at the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington. Moments later appearing with a daughter,
Hay Fever
Just opened at the Duke of York Theatre (a Theatre Royal Bath Production) starring Felicity Kendall. I enjoyed it, though I preferred the production with Penelope Keith in 1983. Noël Coward said it was “far and away one of the
Hay Fever
Just opened at the Duke of York Theatre (a Theatre Royal Bath Production) starring Felicity Kendall. I enjoyed it, though I preferred the production with Penelope Keith in 1983. Noël Coward said it was “far and away one of the
Inside St. James’s Park
I heard the minx remark, She’d meet him after dark, Inside St. James’s Park, And give him on From Iolanthe Not sure I would venture there or into any park after dark, hard enough to avoid the gypsies in daylight.
Inside St. James’s Park
I heard the minx remark, She’d meet him after dark, Inside St. James’s Park, And give him on From Iolanthe Not sure I would venture there or into any park after dark, hard enough to avoid the gypsies in daylight.
More Morrison mysteries
Subtitled : A Wapping Mess So many questions, so little time to find answers, and even fewer facts. On Wednesday I reported on the story of Alexander Morrison the Younger (1761-1816?) who was a ship chandler and coal merchant in
More Morrison mysteries
Subtitled : A Wapping Mess So many questions, so little time to find answers, and even fewer facts. On Wednesday I reported on the story of Alexander Morrison the Younger (1761-1816?) who was a ship chandler and coal merchant in
“Not your grandmother’s musical”*
* The Independent Indeed it was not. The Book of Mormon was very funny, produced by the creators of South Park, but I found that I preferred that kind of humour in cartoon form. I felt uncomfortable with some of the
“Not your grandmother’s musical”*
* The Independent Indeed it was not. The Book of Mormon was very funny, produced by the creators of South Park, but I found that I preferred that kind of humour in cartoon form. I felt uncomfortable with some of the
55 Broadway
Splendid example of 1927 architecture – the tallest building in London at the time, and still the home of The Tube. Still working to show the number of trains passing a certain point on each line, though I couldn’t understand
55 Broadway
Splendid example of 1927 architecture – the tallest building in London at the time, and still the home of The Tube. Still working to show the number of trains passing a certain point on each line, though I couldn’t understand
The Underground
A fascinating day touring London’s Underground stations with Andrew Martin, author of the book Underground, Overground: A Passenger’s History of The Tube. We began at Baker Street Station. Then to Regent’s Park, with original tiling. And on to Piccadilly, where
The Underground
A fascinating day touring London’s Underground stations with Andrew Martin, author of the book Underground, Overground: A Passenger’s History of The Tube. We began at Baker Street Station. Then to Regent’s Park, with original tiling. And on to Piccadilly, where
Wet in Wapping
A day searching out some family history sites despite a bit of wet weather. This is the actual entrance to the former London Docks, whose construction necessitated the demolition of the building in Wapping High St then occupied by Alexander
Wet in Wapping
A day searching out some family history sites despite a bit of wet weather. This is the actual entrance to the former London Docks, whose construction necessitated the demolition of the building in Wapping High St then occupied by Alexander
Everyman
A visually spectacular evening to compliment my day. Pleasant stroll from my digs across Waterloo Bridge to The National Theatre. To see Everyman, a morality play from the Middle Ages, brilliantly reworked by Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. Everyman is
Everyman
A visually spectacular evening to compliment my day. Pleasant stroll from my digs across Waterloo Bridge to The National Theatre. To see Everyman, a morality play from the Middle Ages, brilliantly reworked by Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. Everyman is
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