Sunday, 6 June 2021

Are you from the real world – or not?

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Are you real? Do you live in the real world? In order that we might all be able to judge – what paper do you read? I’m only asking because, ...
Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Hold my pint: Mentioning the 'B' word

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It has been strictly avoided. A bit like the plague. Or COVID-19 (fingers crossed, until now at least, on a personal level). But there comes...
Sunday, 30 May 2021

Back to the gallery – but Rodin is no blockbuster

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As our frenzy of COVID-19 lockdown-easing culture blitz continues, The Other Half and I nipped over to Tate Modern for The  Making of Robin ...
Saturday, 29 May 2021

Cruella: Flawed, yet arch but subtle fun

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Cruella For those of us of a certain age, Cruella de Vil is one of Disney’s most memorable – and least likeable – villains. Having had the p...
Thursday, 27 May 2021

Back to the concert hall – at last!

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On Wednesday evening, after an all-too-long absence, The Other Half and I finally made it back to the concert hall for a socially-distanced ...
Sunday, 25 April 2021

As lockdown ends, there's another pandemic

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Another pandemic Piled pyramidally on top of the bin Precarious crates and paper plates Lord it over the overflow ... A plastic salad tub or...
Thursday, 11 March 2021

Taking flight into a magical world

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Wing Matthew Francis   Faber & Faber     What better way to spend a chilly Saturday in early March, than curled up in a chair with a sle...