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https://youtu.be/ZUa0Mtdv1HQ What a treat! Seeing something new at the cinema. This time my train did not misbehave - no signal failure...

Just sayin'... well having a moan really. Just 2020 is the best of times and the worst of times, and sometimes trying to do normal stuff...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrjzLLPDITc I wanted to look at everything at once! After not being sure what to expect, I wasn't...

Feeling so privileged to see this exhibition. To be up close to such amazing paintings. I knew about her, but I didn't realise how much...

https://youtu.be/H5qe84rOgJw Such a cheer up as cinema is closed, Bond is moved back again and there's little on that's new. BFI Player...

https://youtu.be/LdOM0x0XDMo One of the first films I went to see after cinemas started to ease out of Lockdown in the UK. Such a treat...

Faith Healer really worked Zoom and the camera to the limit. It's not every day that you get to stare directly into Michael Sheen's eyes....

https://youtu.be/1gPGeAYo3yU It's not most excellent, but it does party on! Rest your brain a while, park it at the door and enjoy some...

https://youtu.be/YFfdlLW9Rwg Wonderful film, but a tough watch with little hope or redemption; tho there are subtle hints of personal...

https://www.myrembrandt.co.uk/trailer Wow, trying out this thing called cinema again after so long. Fantastic documentary about the...

The last stream... Peter Schaffer's Amadeus. I think the film version is still the one for me, but love how this production integrates...

When the sun shines, it's time for music in the garden. These are a few of my favourite gigs.... Guvna B for Stabal...

The cast pull the language of this 1950's set drama into raw emotion. The main character is torn between her privileged husband who loves...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... I didn't expect to find easing out of Lockdown so hard; it's been a surprise and a...

How much fun! The Royal Opera House's The Magic Flute. Fantastical, magical and Gothic plot, I'm just here for Papagano! and the puppet...

Loved, loved, loved tonight's Live from Covent Garden. Beautifully chosen and performed pieces, loads of Italian opera and an array of...

Wow - back in paid, live theatre, from my computer via Zoom. Done in a stripped back style, as though in a rehearsal, Claire Foy and...

Small Island I love you! Andrea Levy we need you to come back or atleast more writers to follow in your wake. This wonderful drama, based...

Reasons to be cheerful during Lockdown and it's easing. If you're dependent on public transport, reluctant to venture out or can't...

This is the saddest play I ever saw. Though not as moving a king as Nigel Hawthorne in the film, certainly in the first half of the play;...