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A plague on my underpants!
Playing Mercutio in ‘Romeo & Juliet’ 1983 Thirty years ago, possibly to the week, I performed in a university production of Romeo & Juliet as Mercutio. I’ve just been watching, to my horror, a...
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31 Years Ago – Oxford 1982 on video
Fig.1. The author/auteur with his Sony Betamax out. My study, Staircase 11, Balliol College, Trinity Term 1982 31 years ago I was an undergraduate at Oxford University. In my second year, eager to...
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On reflection
It has been refreshing not to blog for a month. It is easier to reflect. Had it become compulsive? A necessity to post whether I had something to say or note? Now qualified with a Master of Arts in...
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When in Rome
Watching a drama series has become like reading a book – in the case of ‘Rome’ it is something of an epic. Though produced in 2005 it has the qualities that make a series for the era of Netflix. It is...
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Vomit Bobbins
As a child whenever I was going to be sick I dreamt of bobbins drifting through the sky like clouds, as if my head was upside down in a brightly lit drawer of the things. I saw bobbins yesterday and...
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The Oxford Theatre Group on the Edinburgh Fringe, August 1982
Thirty years ago I took a Sony Betamax kit to the Edinburgh Fringe and shot all the action around the Oxford Theatre Group as they set up, rehearsed then put on five productions: Titus Alone, Edward...
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An early morning walk on a beach 5,600 miles from home …
I had no expectations as we set off from Sausalito, California to check out Stinson Beach early yesterday morning but immediately fell in love with it. The bizarre twist was to come across a handful...
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Reflecting on Tony Benn
I am apolitical. My in-laws used to laugh, saying they cancelled each other out: Tory, Labour and Liberal. (That’s, mother, father and grandmother). I never asked and could never figure who voted...
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Bart’s Bash in Seaford Bay, Sunday 21st August
Bart’s Bash : Photos from one of the security boats From Bart's Bash 21SEPT14 From Bart's Bash 21SEPT14 From Bart's Bash 21SEPT14 From Bart's Bash 21SEPT14 From Bart's Bash 21SEPT14 From Bart's Bash...
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The value to you of keeping a diary or learning journal
From E-Learning V Fig.1. March 1975 …. I kept a diary for twenty years: age 13 1/2 to my forties … with a few months off from decade to decade. It is self-indulgent navel gazing to look back at its...
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