Fires rage, sun blazes, forests burn, humans and animals wilt in this immensely hot summer. Greece and now California have been devastated by raging fires…will it take the oceans to boil, before we accept the damage we are doing to our little planet by global warming? By and large I am not a political animal…a coward…
In 1993 two ten year old boys murdered a little 2 year old boy James Bulger in England…an unspeakable crime. Some say the boys were influenced by a film Childs Play….about a murdering toy, a doll named Chucky. The terrible influence of the media carries on. A film based on another horror story: It is about…
Second week of Macbeth in Portsmouth and I am just beginning to relax and enjoy doing playing this wicked woman who destroys herself with her own wickedness. Between trying to avoid being knocked out by the three huge revolving mirrors that take up the lions share of the stage, struggling with the worst cough and…
Still here in London and enjoying myself….it is a pleasure to be able to walk out and sit on the underground, in a coffee shop, theatre and just talk to people, complete strangers. I think that’s what having a city with public transport means. You do have to get in the car in the…
Happy Valentines Day to all you wondrous lovers out there. Make love, be close, eat chocolate, whisper wonderful secrets to each other….I remember when on Valentines Day, you received an anonymous card, flowers or gift from a secret admirer, that was fun and quite exciting…not sure it happens any more. Anyway in honour of the…
Oh dear we are losing our language… our beautiful words, our communication skills, our ability to just talk to each other…I am sad. People don’t want to talk on the phone anymore they just want to text or email and some of our younger friends can hardly speak at all, they use text speak…”R…
Ok Friends, a little story of interest, maybe…hopefully. Recently I went through a small life experience, which threw my equilibrium, completely out of whack….no I am not going to share the story, it’s personal and of little interest to anyone but me. I wobbled around for a few weeks and then suddenly I thought…
Off back to London in 10 days, do hope I am not following the England squad back from this continent, after their World Cup efforts. The truth of the matter is that I think we have lost our killer instinct, I know that’s not very nice or PC, but the English did have much more…
