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Moira+I went to the Tobacco Factory Theatre last night to see Dawn King’s “Ciphers” – a play accurately described in the blurb as a “ ...

I’m never ill… well, not until this past week, that was. Over the past few days, I’ve been feeling distinctly under-par and have even...

I was completely opposed to the privatisation of the Royal Mail. Today, Vince Cable is due to appear before Parliament’s “Business, I...

This is the title of a book by journalist Dan Hancox and I went along to Foyles Bookshop last night to hear him talk about the place, th...

Moira+I went to the Old Vic last night to see Neil Bartlett’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations”. Having read glowing...

Gareth, Alan, Moira+I did NOT go to Paris for the weekend, but we did see Roger Mitchell’s film, Le Week-End, at the Watershed… which fe...

More book stuff: A Perfectly Good Man (Patrick Gale ): The story deals with the interwoven lives of the inhabitants of a Cornish vil...

Karen, Moira+I went along to the Watershed yesterday afternoon to see Woody Allen’s latest film, Blue Jasmine. It’s a story of a forme...

Ruth+I went to a concert at a cemetery last night… as you do. Singer/songwriter/pianist Daisy Chapman was appearing in the Anglican C...

Moira+I are SO lucky… we have three of our grandchildren (and their lovely parents!) living in Bristol and so we have the huge privilege ...

More book stuff: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot ): This is our Book Group’s latest book. It’s a true-story acc...

I went along to the County Ground, Bristol yesterday to watch the last day of the final game of the cricket season (and, somewhat ridi...

No, this isn’t about the next General Election… Moira+I went along to the Brewery Theatre last night to see/hear Jason Robert Brown...

It doesn’t seem like a year ago that I started my “ one day like this ” blog… Following my return-to-sketching experiences on Iona ...

Saw Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film “The Great Beauty” this afternoon at the Watershed. It’s set in Rome and revolves around an agei...

Yesterday was the final day of Bristol’s wonderful “Gromit Unleashed” trail. Over the past 10 weeks, thousands (literally) of very ha...

Shortly after my father died (just over 21 years ago), we were all highly amused to find a drawer containing two tins of pens. These wer...

Moira+I went to the stunning Arnos Vale yesterday morning for coffee, as you do. I love walking around this wonderful, wooded cemet...

After some fairly full-on family/child-minding days, yesterday was very much a day for relaxing, walking, sketching, drinking coffee a...

Moira+I spent the weekend running over rocks… Well, not literally. We were at a retreat run by our great friend Ian (Adams) at the Am...