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The Threepenny Opera

The Threepenny Opera is itself an adaptation of John Gay’s The Beggars Opera and Rufus Norris, director of this and the National Theatre has again adapted this to the modern world, less by locale as it’s still in the East End, more by values as the cast has many black actors and a [...]

June 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

Beautiful/Carole King musical

I’m not the biggest fan of the rock musical finding it formulaic and more of a tribute concert than genuine musical. Thus when Daffers suggested I join her  party for her South African visitor I was not 100% sure. In fact, I enjoyed it immensely, a moving tribute in words and music to one of [...]

June 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/Petite Maison

Ollie and I have a South African friend in town, a tour guide we met in Cape Town 20 years ago. We decided to take her to Petite Maison as in my humble opinion this is the best food in London. I ordered the same starters as last time; pissaladiere, burrata (tomato and mozzarella) warm crevettes and [...]

June 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

A Foreign Country/Charles Cumming

The espionage novel has taken on many forms and genres in the years I have read these with enthusiasm. As a child I loved Erskine Childers and John Buchan and each dare-devil adventurer normally from public school taking on international conspirators on his own. Then came Ian Fleming and James [...]

June 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

Hove, Amex and motoring incident

I went to Hove for the second day running to watch Sussex play Derbyshire. Derbyshire trail by 102 runs at 195-8 so the only block to a victory is the weather. Sunday had glorious weather and I would not have wished to be anywhere in the world than in the sun with a pint of Harvey’s in the [...]

May 31, 2016 // 0 Comments

Football finals

Yesterday I watched almost consecutively the Play Off and Champions League Final. Strangely enough I could have attended both. The greatest obstacle in watching the Champions League final is not a ticket but a hotel room. My wife’s South African niece is touring Lake Como and had a hotel room [...]

May 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton races

Conscious that I’m described as racing man but have yet to report on it I went to Brighton Races yesterday for one of their bigger meets, Gentlemen’s  Day. The course has a great location near the Amex, perched atop the South Downs, and looking over them to the sea. It also features in [...]

May 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Il Barbiere di Seviglia/Glyndebourne

It’s always difficult to assess with Glyndebourne whether the patrons go for the occasion or for the opera. Certainly the operas have high production values – and ticket prices- and the organisation is efficient but you do feel you are there for picknicking in black tie in the lovely [...]

May 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

A La Colthard/24 St Georges Road

When the well-informed Polly, Bob Tickler’s p/a, said there was a two starred Michelin rosette restaurant in Kemptown we all got terribly excited.  Last night Bob, a French mutual friend and I checked it out. I liked the lay-out of 3 salons, two adjoining and facing the road and a smaller [...]

May 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

Burt Kwouk

I was saddened to learn of the death of Burt Kwouk aged 86. His career began in the fifties with Hancock’s Half Hour and he was always in work typecast as the Oriental. He could do humour as in the Pink Panther movies or sinister as in Tenko and Goldfinger with equal capability. As with many [...]

May 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

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