Where are you going tonight?

[Il Pirate]

Tomorrow I'm off to That London tomorrow for a scholarship interview at 'The Most Honourable Society of the Inner Temple'. Poshest. Envelope. EVER. It's like a Hogwarts' letter.

wishing you the best Prufrock

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Bit late this but last Friday we took the kids to see War Horse at the New London Theatre*. Innovatively staged and almost uniformly well acted, but in all honesty, the wife and I thought William the White's Early One Morning was a better-written story...

*Which isn't new, it's very 60s

[Bruce Rioja]

Bit late this but last Friday we took the kids to see War Horse at the New London Theatre*. Innovatively staged and almost uniformly well acted, but in all honesty, the wife and I thought William the White's Early One Morning was a better-written story...

*Which isn't new, it's very 60s

But surely you're comparing chalk with cheese there, fella. I can't wait to see War Horse, put more for the puppetry.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Is that the one where Harry Potter gets his lad out?

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

(sorry, duplicate post)

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

But surely you're comparing chalk with cheese there, fella. I can't wait to see War Horse, put more for the puppetry.

World War One cheese with World War One chalk? Both are stories of humble working-class provincial lads confused and lost in WWI hell, wishing they were back in a simple life with their beloveds. I merely think WtW's was the better "screenplay", and the Barnettas both think Murpurgo's book is a better story than the stage adaptation – although comparing those media may be more of a chalk-and-cheese job.

Do go watch War Horse, though, it's a good evening. I think the Barnettas were the only kids in there, mind. In fact I saw more £50 notes (waved at the interval bar by American tourists).

LL (or "Lofthouse Lower" if you're not into that whole brevity thing): You're thinking of the rather different Equus.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Ah that's the one - wondered why you'd taken your younglings to see such a sight

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Ah that's the one - wondered why you'd taken your younglings to see such a sight

Give it three or four years, I'm sure they'll be more interested...

[Bruce Rioja]

World War One cheese with World War One chalk? Both are stories of humble working-class provincial lads confused and lost in WWI hell, wishing they were back in a simple life with their beloveds.
.

I appreciate that, though I maintain that you'd go to see both plays for different reasons though, not because they're both set in WW1.

[William the White]

Thank you for that, DSB.

Writing that play was quite a journey. At one stage I was having nightmares about WW1.

The Octagon did a great job, i thought. And Maxine Peake's first job. She hasn't stopped working since.

Btw - I really want to see War Horse.

And Equus is a great play. Outstanding.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

I love Maxine Peake. There, I've said it.

Do, all, go see War Horse if it grabs your fancy. Being second-best to WtW is no shame

[2399]

Tommorow I am going to the Sandown Collectors Fair with My Partner, Son & Mum


$5 Star Wars Figures!

A friend has bought me a ticket to see the Wu-Tang Clan in August

[jmjhb]

Off to the cloudforest of Costa Rica for 3 weeks tomorrow. Bye!

Feck... I've always wanted to go to Costa Rica, it looks so beautiful... Please report... Genuinely...

Out into civilization, albeit briefly. If I've got time today I'll post pictures. If not, you'll have to wait until the end of next week. Don't worry though, there are pictures.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Peaceful place. Abolition of the military enshrined in its constitution...

[jmjhb]

Indeed, though the number of violent crimes has risen alarmingly in recent years.

[William the White]

Bit late this but last Friday we took the kids to see War Horse at the New London Theatre*. Innovatively staged and almost uniformly well acted, but in all honesty, the wife and I thought William the White's Early One Morning was a better-written story...

*Which isn't new, it's very 60s

I heard today that Jack Hargreaves, nephew of James Smith, died last week. He and his wife were the people I drove to Ypres to see their uncle's grave. They planted a miniature red rose on it and had a good cry.

Me too.

[jmjhb]

OK, here are a few pictures, primarily on the chapel my father has been building for the past year on his estate there.

The pictures are huge, but here's one for good measure:



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[William the White]

Is your dad a builder or an evangelist?

Or either/both and a Costa Rican as well?

[jmjhb]

Is your dad a builder or an evangelist?

Or either/both and a Costa Rican as well?

He's a builder (well, more of a woodworker, he can build anything with wood). The chapel is completely non-denominational
He's British, he just came across this piece of land in 2004 and moved out there the following year.

[William the White]

Is your dad a builder or an evangelist?

Or either/both and a Costa Rican as well?

He's a builder (well, more of a woodworker, he can build anything with wood). The chapel is completely non-denominational
He's British, he just came across this piece of land in 2004 and moved out there the following year.

Fantastic - the kind of thing I wish I'd had the courage to do...