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1. Emma surprised me by arriving early on Saturday morning and we headed into Thame to get in some shopping for the weekend. Passing briefly through the market square we discover that there was a French market in town. We…
Continue readingAnother month, and another VIP/Press Night, this time, possibly the last one that I will get an invite for now that I’m not arranging group tickets for the Wiley-Blackwell crew. I was a bit concerned about this one as the…
Continue readingThis weekend was utterly, fantastically great! 🙂 My parent’s arrived on Friday night, and on Saturday we went for a walk with Barney dog at Stowe Landscape Gardens near Buckingham (one of the Capability Brown constructed estates – there’s also…
Continue readingTonight was the night of the Creation Theatre Press and VIP night for their new production of Hamlet. I met Claire (fellow flautist) and her boyfriend, and then we went in to wine and canapés in the VIP enclosure and…
Continue readingTook the coach to London this evening – c/o of works social committee – to see Wicked. Arriving in the West End, we disembarked from the bus to find the Apollo Victoria very obvious, lit up in it’s irridescent green…
Continue readingA glorious return to the antique (spiegeltent) mirror tent, for a sumptuous performance by Creation Theatre. Amongst velvet drapes, glittering lights, mirrors and ornately carved panelling, tonight was the night for storytelling, and stories well told. Tales from 1001 Arabian…
Continue readingThis was the night of the first of this summer’s Blackwell excursions to Creation Theatre’s outdoor theatre. And what a night for it, hot and sunny, and just the kind of evening to be in the parks, amongst the trees,…
Continue readingFriday night was my department’s christmas lunch. As it worked out, this was very nicely timed with my parents coming to stay for the weekend, in that i was able to get a lift into work in the morning, go…
Continue readingThe most perfect of beginnings to my summer holiday. Finishing up at work in a leisurely fashion I munched on my sandwiches whilst despatching artwork by courier to Hong Kong, and setting my out of office to fill the time…
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