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IN MY BACK GARDEN
Marilyn, Sam, Alice, Emily and I have lived in this house for twenty-four years. Abi was born fifteen years ago. She is the only one us who has lived in the house all of her life so far. One of the...
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I CONQUERED THE NORTHERN LINE!!!!!!!
I wrote about my adventure on the Northern Line in my diary today. So here are my diary pages with some photographs.I hope you can read my handwriting? It is a mixture of cursive and italic styles.As...
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CLASS DIVISIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN SOCIETY
There was an article in The Guardian recently entitled,“Private school is still surest route to front rank professions.”Sally Weale, the education correspondent for The Guardian, explained that a...
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“Painting the Modern Garden, Monet to Matisse .“ At the Royal Academy of...
On Saturday 13th February this year Marilyn, Abi and myself went to see, “Painting the Modern Garden Monet to Matisse ,“ at the Royal Academy of Arts, just off Piccadilly.It was an excellent exhibition...
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SHAKESPEARE IN TEN ACTS a review.
Vivien Leigh as Titania in Midsummer Nights Dream performed at The Old VicWith bated breath, on Saturday 16thApril, Marilyn , Abi and I, we bear a charmed life by the way, put our best foot forward and...
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THE EU REFERENDUM
The Grand Canal. Marilyn and I had a lovely few days in Venice. Travelling freely around Europe is brilliant. On the 23rd June 2016 the people of the United Kingdom will go to their local polling...
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MUDLARKING ON THE THAMES
The term, mudlark, nowadays has the romantic connotation of somebody strolling along the Thames shore on a sunny afternoon and suddenly discovering an ancient Roman hoard of silver coins poking up...
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SO WHAT NOW ABOUT THIS REFERENDUM THING?
On Friday 24th June 2016 I woke up to the news that Britain had voted 17 million votes to 16 million votes to leave the European Union. I felt physically sick. I had a feeling of trauma and shock. Yes,...
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THE TRIAL OF QUEEN CAROLINE IN 1820
Recently Marilyn and I went in to the center of London, initially to attend a lunchtime free concert at St Martins in The Fields. We heard Emma Stannard, a Mezzo Soprano, singing Grieg, Schumann, De...
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GOOD CANARY A play written by Zach Helm and directed by John Malkovich at the...
Good Canary, is a play about drug addiction, its consequences on people’s lives and livelihoods. It is about mental deterioration, driving ambition, the precariousness of literary talent, the...
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VALDEMOSSA, MALLORCA. ( a Summer holiday trip)
The mountainous scenery around ValldemossaDuring the second week of August this year, the 7th until the 14th, Marilyn, Emily, Abigail and myself stayed on Mallorca, the main island amongst the...
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THE AMERICAN ELECTION RESULT!!!!!!!!!!!
Donald and Hillary. Tuesday 9th November 2016….. is so very nearly here.The World awaits. Who will it be, Donald or Hillary?It’s so close, we here in Britain can feel the heat from 3000miles away...
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THE BOX OF DELIGHTS!!!!!
As I walked out one midsummer morningThe Little match girl huddled nearby and lit another match.I Wandered lonely as a cloudinto Waterstones WimbledonOn the road,Past theanimal farm.I had noSense or...
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YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION (Records and rebels 1966-1970)
At the Victoria and Albert Museum between 10 September 2016 - 26 February 2017I went to the Victoria and Albert Museum recently to see the exhibition about the revolutions that happened in society in...
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TO WALK INVISIBLE a dramatisation of the Brontes lives by Sally Wainwright
To Walk Invisible is a drama documentary written and directed by Sally Wainwright, about the Bronte sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne , their brother Branwell and their father Patrick during the years...
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A VISIT TO BATH
Sometimes, among all the unwanted adverts, links and promotions that crop up on my i-phone, there is something of use. Recently Marilyn saw a very good one night deal advertised at The Royal Hotel...
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AN EASTER TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION....if you want?
A MEDITATION ON EASTER AND RELIGION IN GENERALThere should be no spiritual and religious titles like agnostic, atheist, Christian, Muslim, Hindu or Jew. We are all human beings. We live from birth to...
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CANNON HILL HOUSE 1773 TO 1900?
Most days I go for a run. The weather has been particularly good recently. Its been a warm Spring. The local parks are looking green and the shrubberies are flowering. All the local front gardens are...
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MY MAY DAY MANIFESTO
The May Day Manifesto “In the summer of 1966, a group of socialists met to discuss the possibility of a political intervention. They had no official positions in politics; they were mainly teachers,...
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LONDON TO TORREVIEJA AND BACK ( a driving adventure)
On Tuesday 23rd May, at three o’clock, on the outskirts of Heathrow Airport, Tony and myself were standing in the reception area of, Budget and Avis, hire cars. The young gentleman representing Budget...
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