As many of you will know, on August 24th, James, my partner for over 50 years, died suddenly after a very short and totally unexpected illness. If you had come across James it would either have been as the FoodsMatter/FreeFrom Awards webmaster and IT guru or as our video cameraman. But he had another life …
Music
All a-buzz in Belsize Park….
It was the South End Green Fair today – a generally very pleasant and jolly affair with lots of goodies to eat – only slightly dampened by being the first day on which we have had any serious rain for about a month! (Do think the weather gods could have been bit kinder…) However we …
Another Arcola rave!
Sorry all – another Arcola rave…. More excellent music from talented young musicians at their delightfully named Grimeborn Festival. This time two baroque operas, Handel’s Acis and Galatea (complete with evil, but sad, giant) and Monteverdi’s somewhat amoral Coronation of Poppaea – and, yes, having a bit of nooky with the emperor does pay! As …
Carousel at the Arcola – a ‘must see’; Porgy & Bess at Regent’s Park Open air – maybe not…
Do you live in North(ish) London? Do you like classic America musicals? If so, get yourself to the Arcola theatre in Dalston for Carousel. It is on until Saturday and, amazingly, there are still tickets available. You will not regret it. The Arcola is one of the network of small pioneering theatres scattered around London …
Carousel at the Arcola – a ‘must see’; Porgy & Bess at Regent’s Park Open air – maybe not…Read More
Grimes on the Beach
For those who do not already know, this year is the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten, one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Britten lived for most of his life near Aldeburgh, on the Suffolk coast, where, in 1948, he started a music festival which is still very much running, indeed …