It was a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon as The Blonde and I walked down Oxford Road towards the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) to attend its reopening to the public. The opera double bill featured two shorts, Ariadne...
Read MoreChristmas seems to start earlier every year, or so they say. Perhaps even more so in 2021 following the screeching U-turn made by the Government last year. People do seem to be in a rush to start the festive season in case...
Read MoreIt’s been so long that I had to check my notes for when I last went to a live opera. According to my records, I went to The Marriage of Figaro and The Taming of the Shrew the same week as our hapless PM announced that we can...
Read MoreIt’s been a while since I posted as Hamiltonic. I kind of went into retirement over lockdown and confined myself to drinking only Aldi gin. As a gin correspondent I’m not proud, but it is award-winning and, at only £14 a litre,...
Read MoreSometimes I think that I live in a parallel universe to the food critic Jay Rayner. Our paths have never crossed, though we have occasionally reviewed the same restaurants. I was impressed with his recent excellent account of...
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