Dear Mr Biden
29 October 2020Dear Mr Biden, I know I’m a limey and am a few thousand miles away from the action but I still believe in the old adage ‘When America sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold’. With that in mind I have to write and say with every fibre of my being, that I hope for all our sakes, you win the up and coming election and become the new POTUS. I don’t think in all of my life, I have seen a Country that I have had a sort of sneaking admiration for such a long time, go…
A Winter’s Tale. The Scrooge Zahawi & the hungry children.
Will Scrooge Zahawi be out this Christmas throwing coins into the snow so hungry children can eat? Or will he be in a cosy warm stable counting his money…? A star shines over a stable Where the horses are warm…
Them and Us
Just popped round the shop to get my beloved Herald (cough) and upon reading the front page, nearly had a heart attack. Gone was the usual ‘Man’s hat blows off in High Street’ fare, to be replaced with the alarming…
Nadhim Zahawi’s Voting record
After noting that Stratford upon Avon’s MP Nadhim Zahawi had as expected, voted against upholding British Agricultural Food Standards. I found myself wondering yet again, why do people keep voting this man in? Have any of his followers actually checked…
Unfortunate side effects
Woe is me. I think one of the more unfortunate side effects of this perpetual lockdown is its ability to drain one of…well…everything. My energy levels are low. My imagination is shot and I am having difficulty tying my own…
Covid 19, local, lockdown, my opinion, other place, stratford upon avon, the royal shakespeare, the swan, town news, william shakespeareDear Greg. Open letter to Greg Doran at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Dear Greg Doran, Open letter to Greg Doran at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre I, along with so many others are sad at the consequences of Covid 19 and the changes it has wrought at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre. While we…
‘Master Willies’ Stratford’s Elizabethan themed sex shop closes doors after 70 years
‘Master Willies’, Stratford upon Avon’s only Elizabethan themed sex shop has ceased trading after 70 years. Disappointed Owner, William Quickly told The Stratfordian… ‘Today is a very sad day. Although we have run this business for a very long time,…
Farting Around
I came across this interesting piece on Facebook. Essentially it’s about the Art of Farting Around. Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope: “Oh, she says, well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why…
Weirder and Weirder
This is weird. In fact, it’s getting weirder. There is an air, an atmosphere that hangs over our Town of Stratford upon Avon, our Country, the United Kingdom (ha) and our World. An invisible cloud that is getting weirder and…
The Tudor Society
Forgive me for making assumptions but I’m guessing that if you follow my website, you might have an interest (however slight) in William Shakespeare or in the theatre (The Royal Shakespeare Theatre), or indeed both. I’m also thinking that because…
About Lockdown
The truth about Lockdown is that it makes time move differently. Now I admit I wouldn’t win a competition where the winner has to guess what day of the week it is, (even if the prize were a speedboat), but…
Decision on Stratford upon Avon Mop Fair is expected soon
The Stratfordian has it on good authority that the decision on Stratford upon Avon Mop Fair is expected soon. At the moment however the matter is still being discussed. Lawyers and Town Officials are apparently locked in heated discussion regarding…
Kenilworth Arts Festival
EARL CAMERON Whoops nearly forgot… I did the voice over for Kenilworth’s Festival/Jon Gore’s piece on Kenilworth’s resident Film Star the late and great, Earl Cameron. It’s being broadcast at 4 of the clock. Details here…below…quick starts at FOUR…. Click…
Christmas Cancelled
So, it looks like the impossible has happened. For the first time is the history of Stratford upon Avon (and maybe the World-heaven forbid), Christmas has been cancelled. This dreaded Virus (Covid 19) has succeeded where Scrooge failed. The so-called…
Past Delights I: Lock-in at The Dirty Duck (circa 1970’s)
Before I dig into the subject matter at hand let me make clear that I do not believe that there was ‘a golden age’ that happened in Stratford upon Avon, a time when everything was, better, The things I write…
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre
I never thought I’d see the day when the Royal Shakespeare Theatre would be on its knees beaten by of all things a Virus. But here we are, along with many businesses world-wide, laying off staff and in the Royal…
Before we became European
I was thinking the other day about the times before we became European. The bad old days as I like to call them (yes, I’m a Remainer). I think we have conveniently forgotten the trials and tribulations of the dark…
Virus Update
This is a virus update regarding the confusion around my own family. If anyone has any suggestions it might help. OK So my two grandkids have symptoms and have left school after only a few days. Their father (my son)…
Water off a duck’s back – ‘No Zahawi No’
It’s become obvious to me lately, that as much as I make fun or complain about our MP for Stratford upon Avon, Nadhim Zahawi, it’s water off a duck’s back. The man has achieved every Tories dream. Not only the…