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Slightly unsettling
For some reason I am encountering a frankly worrying level of synchronicity about Thatcher. Random works of fiction which I read are set in the Thatcher era, the non-fiction book-in-the-bathroom has just concluded a rant about her (very well worded too, it’s the M25 Orbital by John someone*) and the poster for the film starring…
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Misty and mellow
It’s frankly sad that a well-loved poem becomes a cliche, I was walking to the train station yesterday and the view from our hill was beautiful, leaves changing colour, low morning sun, wraiths of mist slowly melting and I remembered that Keats probably has never been bettered. But because so many people know the poem, …
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Capital times
Back from three days in the Smoke where we were delighted to meet up with chum Ruth. We had originally planned to go to both Cambridge and London but Paul’s operation made us take a more realistic approach. We saw two extremely good plays, Much Ado About Nothing with David Tennant and Catherine Tate, and…