So, what did everyone think of the Oscars this year?
Loved Hugh Jackman, loved the return to a more intimate, relaxed, approach – size, as I’ve said on this blog before, is not everything! – and LOVED the way all the acting nominees got a personal affirmation from a previous winner. How great to have that peer [...]
Archive for the ‘Idle musings’ Category
24 Feb
Ozcars
15 Jan
Vale The Prisoner
The sad loss of Patrick McGoohan at age 80 has me remembering that mad and wonderful show The Prisoner, and a weekend in Harlech, Wales, while on tour with a production of Peter Pan.
I hadn’t even realised The Village was a real place until I discovered it less than 10K from my B & B. Spent an entire day exploring what [...]
13 Jan
Are future readers being let down?
Witnessed today at a local (corporatised) child care centre (marketed as ‘early childhood learning’ centre), a fully qualified worker who could not read the word ‘chameleon’ in a book being read to the children.
Perhaps I’m just feeling tired and emotional, but how on earth can we instill a love of reading when those charged with [...]
7 Jan
2009 resolutions
In the past 24 hours two people have inspired me.
Kate Eltham’s (Electric Alphabet) resolution to blog every day in 2009 is an ambition greatly to be admired, and yes – why not aim for the top? I can relate to that.
I’ve just listened to Stephen Fry’s first Podgram – a wonderfully shambolic 23 minute rave from [...]
12 Jun
The Looney Barber of Fleet Street
Just watched Tim Burton’s excellent retelling of Steven Sondheim’s excellent musical retelling of the tale of Sweeney Todd.
Love the musical but we’ve been toying with yet another retelling… featuring the music of Stephen Sondheim and the inimitable stars of Warner Bros. Here’s our cast list – this won’t be remotely interesting unless you know the musical, but [...]
