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Terrific Tenerife#3 – Whales and Dolphins, Whales and Dolphins, yeah!

When I said I didn’t mean to write two posts, you’ll realise that I definitely definitely didn’t mean to write three posts. But here we are. So far, I’ve told you about lounging and water parking and now for the … Continue reading

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Terrific Tenerife#2 – We’ll All Go to Raging Waters

Now, I didn’t mean to make this holiday into two posts as it was really quite a straightforward week of lounging about. But turns out I can write a lot of words about that BAU lounging without getting on to … Continue reading

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Terrific Tenerife#1 – The Tide is High

So, I’ve been on a Jet2 holiday. My children inform me that this is some kind of meme nowadays and I’d like to be able to say that we went the full week without ever hearing that jingle…but that would … Continue reading

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“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” at the Ambassadors Theatre – 26/07/25

It seems that I have once more been the victim of Facebook advertising. Sooner or later I need to admit that it is *me* that is the problem, not Facebook. No one is forcing me to buy these tickets. All … Continue reading

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“Hercules” at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane – 18/07/25

Ah, Theatre Royal Drury Lane we meet again! You of the beautiful staircases and the name which makes for awkwardly long post titles? And where better to stage a Grecian epic than in somewhere with this carpet? So it’s a … Continue reading

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Summer in the City

I mean, not the City as in the Square Mile. That’s not a great place to spend any swelteringly hot days unless you’re inside an airconditioned office. Although I did see an exciting Superman-themed pop up booth outside Liverpool Street … Continue reading

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“As You Like It” by East London Shakespeare Festival – 20/06/25

Hooray! It is officially summer and you know that it’s official because ELSF are out in parks causing Bard-themed mayhem. For various complicated reasons, we weren’t able to go to the Highams Park dates this year so we decided to … Continue reading

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“Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief” at the Other Palace Theatre – 14/06/25

I know, another day, another theatre review. This one was originally intended to be in July, after Roo’s exams had finished and as part of a Greek mythological double-bill with “Hercules”. But sadly, “Percy Jackson” changed its closing date so … Continue reading

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“Operation Mincemeat” at the Fortune Theatre – 13/06/25

You’ll never guess what VK and I did last night….that’s right, yet more theatre. And there is more to come this weekend. “Op Mincemeat” was a bit of a last-minute plan as a friend got one of the lottery codes … Continue reading

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“The Play That Goes Wrong” at Duchess Theatre – 08/06/25

You know sometimes you just kinda end up somewhere without really knowing how or why? Well, that’s around 90% of all the visits I’ve made to Covent Garden in my life and Sunday was no exception. I mean, I knew … Continue reading

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