tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22014462024-03-18T09:52:23.222+00:00overyourheadoveryourhead - some irreverent musings by a gay London guy - crawling though technology, love and life... so you don't have to.overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.comBlogger7926125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-21840007549221144292024-03-18T09:30:00.000+00:002024-03-18T09:51:52.330+00:00Eastwood Observatory 15-17 March 2024…<div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">20 friends</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">14 fiftieth birthdays </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">2 years in the planning</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">1 observatory</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">1 weekend</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">A lot of laughs. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">What a fantastic time we had celebrating lots of joint 50th birthdays together at Eastwood Observatory; chatting, eating, drinking, dancing, singing, swimming, hot-tub plunging, playing tennis, climbing, walking, and laughing - one hell of a lot of laughing. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Thank you Denise, Kerry, and Monica for all the organising. It was something special. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">(A bit Big Brother, a bit The Traitors, a bit Saltburn.)</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><img id="id_15cd_e40_1775_68b0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Vh33Jxa4ADjysvt5AdMyMdMi4zAkN20s" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_70e6_ce60_6957_32a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1MCuzSGd7i88qlNE7Ma5-XhkI1_pF1_EO" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_83a2_11ed_ea7_3ab7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/14fp8tLTGEnu8GXo0N9rwicNkQ3XjKIwm" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_e752_8b0c_b340_6e04" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1-_L4PynlYi7gEgQMmQqYWTRlQc6h82Uy" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_3a52_e89f_bd8b_7050" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1xp2D_KtsfIRge1z2W-K_soO3Ue83T8B5" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_195_e008_fd95_e044" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/13a4TEGeAodNA_drJyIsnIjlqVA4emd9u" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_8238_7d76_f81c_30dd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1y8wssxdx5Pa_V-qmaxOnOPi5nS3-kUkg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_549d_5189_6660_ddab" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1SCVJkc6JoEmQ0EX2G_CUFEaajQUWTg9_" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_9684_69fd_70de_1dcd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1VcxbSRxmN6slev6bHlKq8VWppDHx9RrG" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_8ac6_4102_2ba1_fc46" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1oczavX9QW_1iiemzKafrj6koHhg7tx9T" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-32102024845251483802024-03-15T10:28:00.001+00:002024-03-15T10:30:39.642+00:00Opening Night @ Gielgud Theatre...<div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">Last night Stuart and I went to see Ivo van Hove's production of new musical Opening Night at the Gielgud Theatre in London's glitzy West End.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Hmmm. Not brilliant.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">First the good stuff; van Hove's usual visual flourishes of on-stage video were all present and correct. The free-flowing, almost improvised style was there too. Rufus Wainwright's music and lyrics were pleasant enough. And the talented cast of Sheridan Smith, Hadley Fraser, Shira Haas, Nicola Hughes, Amy Lennox, John Marquez, and Benjamin Walker were all very good.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">It's just the songs were all a bit bland. The acting equally so. And the script utterly under-whelming.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">The plot - based on John Cassavetes' film - simply went nowhere. A theatre company is preparing to stage a new play on Broadway. "But drama ignites backstage when their leading lady is rocked by tragedy, and her personal turmoil forces everyone to deliver the performance of their lives." (or so it says here.) It actually got a bit boring.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Self-indulgence and theatrical naval-gazing are all well and good when you like spending time with the characters. I didn't.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> ⭐️⭐️</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><img id="id_8f19_d62b_3bdb_265a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/10eChzxh5pFgvNlD-54dRYZw1sRQFAr4h" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-32130014696372943302024-03-14T10:03:00.001+00:002024-03-14T10:03:01.646+00:00National Anthem…<div>For Glastonbury, I might get cancelled for this but I would find it disrespectful if people don't stand for the National Anthem. </div><div>Personally think it's beautiful & get goosebumps every time I hear “the best thing about being a woman, is the prerogative to have a little fun” So moving</div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-36244725193328182702024-03-13T14:29:00.001+00:002024-03-13T14:29:18.202+00:00Arsenal 1 - 0 FC Porto… <span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Arsenal 1 - 0 FC Porto… </span><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">(HT, FT, AET 1 - 0) <br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">(Agg 1 - 1) </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Arsenal won 4-2 on penalties </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Phew! What a night!</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Arsenal have reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in 14 years after beating Porto in a penalty shootout following a night of nerve-ripping tension at the Emirates Stadium. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Our boys went into this last-16 second leg 1-0 down but drew level when Leandro Trossard put us ahead on the night four minutes before the interval with a smooth finish following brilliant work by captain Martin Odegaard. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">By full time we were still level on aggregate 😬 </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Extra time, my friends </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Thirty minutes later neither team had been able to find a winner. It had been a scrappy 120 minutes of footie. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Penalties, my friends </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">What followed was undoubtedly Raya's finest night since arriving at Arsenal. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Raya made the saves that mattered, turning Wendell's second penalty for Porto on to the post before kicking the rebound clear with his heel then confirming the win with a flying save from Galeno. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Cue wild scenes of celebration around the Emirates.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Great night out. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Onward and upward my friends. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">@Arsenal</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">#COYG</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">#ARSFCP</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><img id="id_9145_b891_c030_8a1d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1sI2YcObKsd8BK-8dkXTYv5WLEqdsUGoO" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_e54a_8d60_1c2b_70df" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1dcHMnFHdenDo1xdRnbIH7hoM0rkMQsg0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_7ff4_5896_3dd_d496" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1TuBGI2nhmao_P5ZCoT8VruMmkakDewuk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_2b2e_4cf9_3729_5c6c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Tq3OhXeHaSm9TrTzZIAqkpSXIlPchSSh" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_de1_98a9_b75b_453e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/17Oeth29aimAeQLlt5YAXJkwE4uRhYNlQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_a2b8_a09b_1255_dee3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1ONsmtonCAFWpvkrCuQ0azDY_XEdbltql" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_3b82_3e98_b91b_ad94" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1pbgzz843neQ5yBoAI8TTp5ZCWZFS8zr0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_ddc_d3d4_bde6_89ea" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1yA_cN4NiJYDV9SG7iqDzl2pJ2417eMHf" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_1c7c_c05_c4e1_bd18" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1YfFUdR1U1SY2omv-j048C27dhPjN-LMe" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_3a92_a4a2_d8c4_33d7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1zM735bvP539FEgxGCDCLDC7s9XvfjTyF" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><br><br><br><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> <div><br></div>overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-25362221337651613042024-03-12T15:00:00.001+00:002024-03-12T15:00:34.180+00:00Dune Part Two…<div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">If you’re looking for a very long all-round action adventure tragic revenge mystery sci-fi blockbuster sandy sequel, this is the film for you!</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">It’s big, it’s bold, it’s full of amazing cinematography. Hans Zimmer’s music is simply wonderful. The film is packed full of massive armies, towering sand dunes, massive worms, blinking twinkly pairs of blue eyes, and the smirks of sadistic villains. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and Rebecca Ferguson are all fabulous. Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, and Dave Bautista are all great. Christopher Walken is, you know, just Christopher Walken. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Roll on Dune Part Three (Messiah)!</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><img id="id_dedb_f8a3_3649_9a79" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1aOLkOPlqIfvnzBaAarq4xqinSc97PlMh" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-67091867947598351072024-03-11T09:16:00.001+00:002024-03-11T09:16:58.971+00:00Mother’s Day…<div>Lovely Mother’s Day Sunday roast yesterday courtesy of my beautiful sister Joanna. Thank you for hosting Stuart and me, my darling. </div><div>Great to spend time (and way too much laughter) with Myrtle, Joanna, Simon, Charlotte, Jos, Manning and Felix. ❤️</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_c89a_f377_ec96_7295" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1kXOUPd1D2syUWP0gd3fVtaWrrJrv8vZW" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_1591_b23b_5132_e122" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1ZvTfjylnfpv2FLOoWlZvMctdhT5Om2ZV" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_433f_9544_d6ea_5fdb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1U7WQmrDU02z6TJmb0YKSc9wUimP8Uyq1" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_814b_c43_f5b1_10" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1FgiGcQtWSnDUkbaexcKHQOtxPYWb5DZz" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_866f_ed6b_759d_4057" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1ThN_7Vz1W5QrS2b3b9hScfSZWXZjqLAX" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_e1f9_bbf7_fdd8_4d60" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1qVZcbPJ0o9ESx5zEcWIH3PKwKeuoxEtp" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_7300_ed16_99d1_f698" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1HRqqtP6bXmW1FYAJhc7frr6xa6b3fy7I" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_92b8_d158_2ead_18f3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1oN_RnzWNuTxRwUty2HOIf3Dt6ch1m61Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_c114_7074_e3c5_28d3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1fM6Ka1RRPXwUFmn_Z28h2cxf0Z_4dq0-" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_a1a6_1ce8_9609_5aba" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1oqUW06I8L9BEoY3jXMREToL1ltEzfSHK" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-34017750875185129092024-03-10T11:23:00.001+00:002024-03-10T11:23:23.102+00:00Arsenal 2 - 1 Brentford… <span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">The sight of Ramsdale cupping his ears towards the Brentford fans last night after Havertz's late winner was a clear indication of his relief. And ours. </span><br><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Arsenal had been in utter control in the first half. Rice scored a beauty after 19 minutes. Things were going great. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">But then Ramsdale allowed Brentford back into the game just before the break, dawdling on a backpass under little pressure and taking an extra touch which allowed a sliding Wissa to block the attempted clearance. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Ramsdale could only watch aghast as the ball looped back into his goal, leaving him looking distraught and stunning us all into silence. WTF! </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Brentford’s game plan kicked in in the second half; fall to the ground at every opportunity. And if proof be needed that this was trickish behaviour, the Brentford physios didn’t come on - which if they did have would have meant each player would have had to leave the field of play for the usual 30 seconds. None did. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">So hilariously, when Havertz pulled us ahead again after 86 minutes those diving Brentford players suddenly all then turned into Benny Hill characters running around like ants on a hot plate! So funny. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">A great result. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Top of the League (for a bit anyway). </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Onwards and upwards, my friends. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">@Arsenal </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">#COYG </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">#ARSBRE</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><img id="id_5543_c8cc_8954_f6a5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1DoVnS2K_QDY6hWNVAQFpzB6ooWauwSUj" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_db18_eb4e_8a28_1626" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1emvRhcZF3DeCbmiyFwNRafGlOk7icsVM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_ecbb_86bd_856a_760d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1n1KxTN8Npblk0ooOwtFQdmFc85RsZkpy" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_a168_ef73_4988_c5a4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/12S8DcudNfRjNrBYL8zbCJrWrMNa8EexR" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_5c3a_a34a_e504_ab58" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1CzfkqIeVIWTB9QnW294LNf4x7fCZhqqN" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_27e1_ca4e_f597_d5b7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1IlVayqFCN5cnyE0cdKV3YJBgm4nlPcmY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_6d8d_696b_40e0_cb8d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1-6F-m33JEwsuMTpFR2GC1AvuaNy0iB66" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_340f_2644_4183_bae" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1--N5ON17_VWVCulkWmLXauIqjRHU5dlP" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_d2e7_d02_edbe_90c8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1pUcMaYDue8yaGivBx_fGEyYJf3baGooQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_8f0c_9e11_9994_436d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Tv6kJycckp7KDofu8o3tpO5EbOXLSj37" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-48036656716987512542024-03-08T12:59:00.001+00:002024-03-08T12:59:36.768+00:00Nye @ National Theatre...<div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">Last night Stuart and I went to see Michael Sheen take on Nye at the National Theatre on London's glitzy South Bank.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">The casting director needs an award, Mr Sheen is in his element as Welsh Labour politician, NHS founder, and left-wing fire-brand Nye Bevan. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Born in a Welsh mining town, Bevan was bullied by his teacher as a young boy for his stammer, and spent some time working down a coal pit.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">His beginnings in local council and union politics saw him eventually progress to Parliament. There he became a fierce but lone vocal critic against Churchill during the war.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Sheen's performance is electrifying. There is a fantastic ensemble too.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">The set design is also very clever. Sliding hospital curtains tumble around as if in a dream. And indeed, most of the action takes place as Bevan lays ill on his death-bed in bed having morphine-induced fever-dreams remembering his past.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">My only minor quibble might be we don't get to see or hear quite enough of Bevan the man, what makes him tick. Aside from his sense of (in)justice. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Sharon Small too, who plays his self-sacrificing wife Jennie Lee (also an MP for a number of years), gets all too brief a crack of the whip.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">That said, it's a thrilling show with a climax that is rousingly poignant.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">If you want to know how the NHS started - this is the show for you.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><img id="id_16a8_8453_38d_26e2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/13o9fkFribkaweRSSGGpcjuwmkpBV-oei" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_858f_dbfa_c5c0_668c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1PkM-df4QzKnLQ6B66iMHiM63wWgq78gb" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_cf8b_46fa_bcbc_d589" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Oyc7aYCglsricN4UUTXtZGWzYSfC7PFy" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_9c4_a5a8_14fd_5ff3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/11PfHVjZ5qNk953Akkaxc1S8bPu6Ji8dW" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_d62b_ae70_52f9_eada" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1JNHz5tza3k1RwWJZjt16cEJp5eonKaoM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-39027853937994184772024-03-07T11:05:00.001+00:002024-03-07T11:05:52.960+00:00Hotel…<div>Stuart said, "you treat this place like a hotel!"</div><div>He'll regret saying that when he sees the low score I give him on Trip Advisor for "rude staff".</div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-15050863075718522272024-03-06T16:51:00.001+00:002024-03-06T16:51:05.488+00:00The 50 LGBT+ Venues London 2023…<div>Been to 32/50. How about you?</div><div><br></div><div>(That said, some have since closed 😔)</div><div><br></div><div>The 50 LGBT+ Venues London 2023</div><div> </div><div>Admiral Duncan</div><div>Arch Clapham</div><div>Buker Bar (formerly East Bloc)</div><div>Central Station (King's Cross)</div><div>Circa</div><div>Circa the Club</div><div>CMYK</div><div>Comptons of Soho</div><div>Dalston Superstore</div><div>Dome London</div><div>Duke of Wellington</div><div>Eagle London</div><div>Fire (including Lightbox and Protocol)</div><div>Freedom</div><div>G-A-Y Bar</div><div>G-A-Y Late</div><div>Gays the Word</div><div>Glory, The</div><div>Halfway to Heaven</div><div>Heaven</div><div>Karaoke Hole</div><div>King WIlliam IV</div><div>Ku Bar (including Klub and Lounge)</div><div>Little Ku</div><div>New Bloomsbury Set</div><div>Queen Adelaide of Cambridge Heath</div><div>Retro Bar</div><div>Rose and Crown</div><div>Royal Vauxhall Tavern</div><div>Rupert Street</div><div>She Soho</div><div>Taco Queer</div><div>Ted's Place</div><div>The Apple Tree</div><div>The Bridge Bar</div><div>The Chateau</div><div>The City of Quebec</div><div>The Cock Tavern</div><div>The George & Dragon</div><div>The King's Arms</div><div>The Two Brewers</div><div>The Underground Club</div><div>The White Swan</div><div>The Yard</div><div>Union</div><div>Vault 139</div><div>VFD (Vogue Fabrics Dalston)</div><div>Village</div><div>West 5</div><div>Zodiac Bar</div><div> </div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-26976520094665745302024-03-05T12:27:00.001+00:002024-03-05T13:41:15.579+00:00Sheffield United 0 - 6 Arsenal…<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The Steel City showed precious little mettle last night. Within minutes we dominated the play. Taking the Sheffield team apart like a wet tissue. </span><br><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Like an oven-baked horse chestnut tree seed soaked in vinegar we were a tough nut to crack. We came, we saw, we conkered. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">But enough of the similes. <br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Our boys had a field day at Bramall Lane. Six goals, clean sheet. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Arsenal are now two points off the top, from what was their seventh successive Premier League win.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Onwards and upwards, my friends. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">The goals as they came:-</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><div>Ødegaard (5'minutes)</div><div>Bogle (13'minutes og)</div><div>Martinelli (15'minutes)</div><div>Havertz (25'minutes)</div><div>Rice (39'minutes)</div><div>White (58'minutes)<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>@arsenal</div><div>@regenersaurus</div></div><div>#COYG </div><div>#SHUARS</div></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_b9a5_b75f_6b0a_304" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1pD69r0V6eVMCG8WIc_eEGvy3647a5V7G" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_e0d6_6e07_e8d8_7133" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/12CeLCtQXtKmqu6w7Efq2Vl8H5kSDPiLz" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_8cd4_16d6_e854_75b3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1wNYYyuLt4jGOJVqOUJrc600-LqtfVyzn" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_1e50_ad4e_82c7_7d04" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1w59IcsO_NsntxfFiZ2Tng8oSlKiKwtWP" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_2014_eb77_dede_77cf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1MZXXjAPImusZ2YKFfOYnsQgCV9xTP5fg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_5e50_bd2a_6c1a_9e90" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1ecM_bMANmkwdWayTUkkpuBLZUs3YwqZ8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_86e7_b098_8e35_5d30" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1jleouS68X4egcbHE255kbg3mnAsy8Kqd" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_696f_76d6_edaa_13d5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1rw_KAg_DU7q_BP9NaqkxCPpyY8wOgr0X" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><br><br></div></div></div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-46949796816675383152024-03-04T09:50:00.001+00:002024-03-04T09:50:22.999+00:00The Musical Box @ Eventim Apollo…<div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">Great music</span><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;"> </span><font face="Segoe UI Symbol" style="font-size: 14.666667px;">✅</font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Great visuals <font face="Segoe UI Symbol">✅</font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Silly outfits <font face="Segoe UI Symbol">✅</font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><font face="Segoe UI Symbol"> </font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Last night Colin, Paul and I went to see French-Canadian Genesis tribute band The Musical Box perform prog classic Selling England by the Pound on a 50th Anniversary Tour at the Eventim Apollo in London's glitzy Hammersmith. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Selling England by the Pound is one of my favourite Genesis albums so it great to hear it performed live. Let’s prog!</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">The Musical Box formed in Montreal, Quebec in 1993 and they recreate exactly performances by the English rock band Genesis during the 1970s. They sure know their stuff; their history; the visuals were spot on and the music note perfect. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">The band take a lot of time and effort on staging Genesis shows as accurately as possible, including lights, costume, and recreating Gabriel's on stage persona and dialogue. The show we saw was an all-out performance of live visual signature stunts, a museum-worthy array of vintage instruments and a dizzying pace of iconic tracks and stage rarities. Their unique perspective comes from not only their skill as performers but as the only band ever licensed and supported by Genesis and Peter Gabriel.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">The set-list:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">- Watcher of the Skies</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">- Dancing With the Moonlit Knight</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">- The Cinema Show</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">- I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">- Firth of Fifth</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">- The Musical Box</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">- Horizons</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">- The Battle of Epping Forest</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">- Supper's Ready</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">a. Lover's Leap</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">b. The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">c. Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">d. How Dare I Be So Beautiful?</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">e. Willow Farm</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">f. Apocalypse in 9/8 (Co-Starring the Delicious Talents of Gabble Ratchet)</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">g. As Sure as Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Encore: </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">The Knife</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><img id="id_c75f_cd71_b535_e84d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1jk_eE-APBBW2qPbHWSRKOkY9NJXTpc4G" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_ad8b_67a9_ea5a_db04" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1gc8zpSSOGE7bYGuj-zrmuMSgwUu_HCVB" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_1320_f13f_a56d_31ef" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/19Nqci20oL7qYTqPdBnp6p-d-yWdY9pmY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_5b7a_acc7_8f12_2d43" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1sxRu8WmF339RomyguaG3sxLBUIaxXI-5" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_9d0c_11dd_40cc_491a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1rtGvKKlRRXJAM2LgjFs-EFAhFrkph8cL" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_c2ac_afae_4579_ab15" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/16TtGHsxnS_yf4LoiwZTudsCX2c46t3M0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_634d_6c75_2a6f_8d4d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1enp8DJM-2xVkNUma0UBxGKDRIhZlj0iu" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_7ae2_52d7_6816_54db" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1yymNaVkKfo1Zunyzp9KcDW88qGoRA6WZ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_f09d_5257_6ef_8307" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1A3g9uNdkIh7JmAWHqaPj4wyAy_4ENjpx" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; 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height: auto;"><br><br><br></div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-47893514105754917392024-03-01T11:25:00.001+00:002024-03-01T14:54:35.105+00:00The Picture of Dorian Gray @ Theatre Royal Drury Lane…<div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Last night Stuart and I went to see one-woman show The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Wow!</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Starring Sarah Snook (yes, Shiv Roy off of Succession) the play sees the actress play 26 characters in the show, which is based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">It’s beautiful, brilliant, breathtaking and maniacally unmissable.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Technology plays a central role, with Snook surrounded by a multiple camera crews so her performance can be beamed on to overhead screens. Often, these screens display pre-recorded performances of Snook portraying other roles, so that she, and the characters are all able to interact with one another. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">The result is technically adroit and complex - the team of stage managers play almost as important a part as Snook.<br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">It’s fantastically done and the vision mixing makes it hard to say where the live feed ends in the pre-recorded imagery begins. It’s very funny too as Snook, in character, starts to argue with herself. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">It’s as much a joyous cutting-edge piece of mixed-media art as it is a Wildean debate on morality versus self-expression. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">As Dorian Gray, whose picture ages in the attic while he remains forever young, begins to realise his own invincibility his use of selfie filters and Instagram digital doctoring is a dramatic masterstroke by director Kip Williams. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">The vanity and image-consciousness, that lies at the heart of the tale, is fantastically realised live before our eyes. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">If you like your Victorian melodrama camp yet cutting - this is the show for you. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">It is a virtuoso performance from Snook and an astonishing piece of theatre. <br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">We loved it. Go see. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</div><img id="id_a2d6_d3fd_4df2_5e07" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1a2vBt5fnLA-YA4-szrcQdDqGV48TSplJ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_daa2_80c9_fb5b_3e7c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Gfgem_3AqQtLvaNewImPlMCbQ3ltQgUg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_1662_27c4_6e9a_b2ec" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1wMA813M5QkO-AU7Gb814j-CrC31umZ-v" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_5e7d_954a_8922_582" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1lrPTkOsWPI8n8e0nxU-IyblJ9HaxRbHm" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_c2d_de74_9166_af3b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1YstkFk4PviWANAPg4ebDREG1aOOchm0H" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_6415_2ce8_ccbd_2616" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Am9qWdnrmJ4Q9pvbaVD9iGSsn_FDiikb" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_3019_a5ae_5ee6_c731" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1sgC3TPpPX0hEOLxpH6ZcwO-WWOYl8__Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_dd0c_d5bf_78d2_81d7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1DWJqnQmjiZgTvAkaekoVdfZ5j5npuBK8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_f905_8049_b265_3ae1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/10uoaEYpSYgXE_JvnY6JKntY6HwP86Fg4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-87190831955304885252024-02-29T09:46:00.001+00:002024-02-29T09:46:30.467+00:00Come Again?…<div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">How’s your hearing? 👂</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">You can test it here. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><a href="https://rnid.org.uk/information-and-support/take-online-hearing-check/check-hearing/" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-color: var(--accent-color) !important;">https://rnid.org.uk/information-and-support/take-online-hearing-check/check-hearing/</a><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Say the 3 digits you hear over white noise. </div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-57756597654147704842024-02-28T10:19:00.001+00:002024-02-28T10:19:54.172+00:00The Human Body @ Donmar Warehouse…<div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">Last week Stuart and I went to go and see The Human Body at the Donmar Warehouse in London Galaxy West End</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Keeley Hawes and Jack Davenport star in Lucy Kirkwood’s romantic drama which is in equal measure a postmodern take on Brief Encounter, the birth of NHS, and a fight for a woman to be heard and to live the life she wants. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">The Brief Encounter aspect follows a similar plot to the film, two married people meeting on a train, and their forbidden love that follows. On stage camera work sees projection of the lovers in close-up so their large faces loom behind them as we were in a cinema. It is very effective. And seems to be in theatrical vogue at the moment.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">The stage action was beautifully realised - the actors were grey and every bit of props and scenery was blue. It was quite aluring.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">The language was natural and the story compelling. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Hawes’s character is a doctor, and an aspiring politician. A Socialist. Someone who is fighting for the birth of the NHS. And fighting to be listened to.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">The action takes place in 1948. Attitudes of the time are on keen display as her husband, recovering from the war, fights to keep his ‘little woman’ by his side. More conflict after The Conflict.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">The love story was genuinely arresting and beautifully played. The political points were gently introduced but clearly stated. The fight of our heroine to be heard both in her working environment, and domestic environment seemed as true to life as they were painful to watch. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">It was a wonderful show. Very funny. Incredibly moving. Brilliantly acted. Not only our two leads, but by the three adult supporting actors Pearl Mackie, Siobhan Redmond and Tom Goodman-Hill who each played multiple roles. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">Go see.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.666667px;"> </div><img id="id_7983_fc9f_1f9b_ea04" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1C7XjfI3ILLC9trdHBh1Q9ZmQ7oUIuzke" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_f35_8b96_4839_a363" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1RiK0ru343L1oKaBRQxfnlgvianZ8Ncet" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_8683_9ef0_e311_8111" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1NCbiPUzLZeQyLHnHk1kz-CJOF--mOvx0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_6b4a_8936_50ba_3d59" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/18HbBSkrX1VZ8lDH12fvhWMbOP0rNMakI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_6a81_55d8_d341_80f3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1LWS-GYpVg0LxRypHTalCnHn0D07W0ejh" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_c93d_954d_5bee_b99a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1MfLCuluOKisAJRjMoAMzgNv0Wn3uz25s" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-83573040140651383252024-02-27T15:06:00.001+00:002024-02-27T15:06:33.791+00:00Dina Martina: Sub-Standards @ Soho Theatre…<div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">I was straight off the plane from Porto to a dark basement nightspot. And I’ve not laughed so hard in ages. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Last Thursday night Stuart and I went to see Dina Martina perform her new show Sub-Standards at the Soho theatre in London’s glitzy West End.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Seattle-based performer Grady West’s joyously depraved creation Dina Martina skilfully mixes performance art, clowning, drag and stand-up with a skill and wit rarely seen in the West End. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Her voice sounds like a cat having an epileptic fit on a chalkboard, her body moves like two pigs fighting their way out of a sleeping bag, and her face looks like the collision of a cosmetics truck with a Harvester’s all-you-can-eat buffet.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Her tales are horrifying. Her outfits garish. Her personalised videos, assassinated songs and verbal tics bizarre. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">With pitch-black humour she tells us stories of extreme hoarding, disgusting pot luck contests and infinity toilets where the water reaches up to the WC’s brim. We hear of dead goldfish and an emaciated dog she finds in her home. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">This is no ordinary drag show. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Dina’s use of sound and vision are inspired too. Classic songs are brutalised and, in the case of Duran Duran’s “Girls On Film”, outright murdered. She contorts the lyrics to her own ends, throwing up ludicrous and possibly illegal scenarios where once only innocent words existed. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">When she needs to go off for a costume change, she pops on a reel of edited scenes from vintage movies like Gone With The Wind and It’s A Wonderful Life with her face and words inserted for comic effect. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">When she returns her costumes themselves are a carefully crafted collision of styles; one dress has a hemline under her chin while another “steampunk” concoction comes with an outer bra made of Venetian masks below the usual feathered top hat and goggles. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">She deploys language as a weapon of mass distraction. At its best, her viciously vivid imagery - her description of meatloaf adorned with “chocolate polyps” is almost enough to make vegetarians of us all - veers into perverse poetry at times. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">She retains many of the vocal mannerisms we've seen before. Her many mispronunciations (for example, Seattle is enunciated as “See-tall”, soft Gs are pronounced hard and hard Gs are soft) go from cute to grating by the time she says in her casually acerbic manner that “for a while, I must admit that I’ve been waiting… to say joodbye to you all” and tells us to “jo, jo jo” as she ushers us out into the night. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Sub-Standards perhaps doesn’t push Martina’s career envelope to any great degree but still serves as a superb introduction to one of this century’s finest drag clowns. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Go see.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><img id="id_f847_224b_f131_702a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Sk_HkuPB-F9JRHZ-cPK3_-Ve1Oi1zvuM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_e393_64a3_742c_ec51" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1qfqN0pFjDCuAB-b8pTxkgFrv5JLcRa4Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_3d27_38b4_89c5_b698" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1fsIqehuJIbpfgjbL3YZO01Pq9w-T-JSg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_56fa_abc5_4eeb_ab0c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1odJhvquC6YJrYyd3DCCVSg8ml1HqDq0K" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><br><br><br></div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-37780919362647120282024-02-26T11:01:00.001+00:002024-02-26T11:01:31.150+00:00Arsenal gaygooners 5-a-side tournament 2024…<div>It was a fabulous gaygooners tournament at the Arsenal Hub yesterday afternoon. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to all our members and other Arsenal Supporters groups who played, and to those who came down to spectate and support the event.</div><div><br></div><div>We had 3 gaygooners teams for this years tournament. Sadly the juggernaut that was the Jewish Gooners team swept aside all before them though and took the trophy as presented by the legend who is Martin Keown.</div><div><br></div><div>TNT were there too. </div><div><br></div><div>Great organising Steve and Carl. Great fun. </div><div><br></div><div>@arsenal</div><div>@gaygooners</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_7ec7_ff95_187_ea32" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1mIhEbNns7ZtAnn24PcIj1mB4srTpLzEb" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_5798_2b31_e38_2c38" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1mG6_4jtma8eVZyIKN_854ztn2lQX59E7" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_ca81_d74_bab0_9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/113hypKvRyXfGtQrk9i9pTwryHGGk1D3c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_99a_a3fb_13db_55f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Ss6h5qevmq-nOuhXbP06sRMMm_1mjzYX" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_8694_ba08_e0a0_d2bb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1KZqeT2LCT4yuDArVl-n0i7xfxaP08Ao7" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_cde1_384d_68dd_36fa" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1pCXkOJ7MSuMP6KH7LeErFt29oTRpgj1z" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_c0ef_9c00_f427_4527" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/15zhYIcraDbQmxRHXUdd3kkciQeff_pWE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_e1b2_cd63_2423_15e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1z5l-AvZltM-uwlHzgkLbory1JpcWDDJ8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_8aff_4332_fa75_3005" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1lq83PEvs7Q_T_Alu9ERJX-cz65iHKncm" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-15802645507668486332024-02-25T10:28:00.001+00:002024-02-25T10:28:45.720+00:00Arsenal 4 - 1 Newcastle…<span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Thanks to everyone who came along to the meet up before the game and also to those who join us afterwards to celebrate. </span><br><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">There was a score to settle last night. We had misfired at St James’ Park last November. But boy, did the Gunners let loose both barrels at those flapping Magpies at the Emirates. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">In sharp contrast to their Champions League performance in Porto during the week, our boys came out with an intensity, a commitment, a determination, and an aggression. And the goals followed. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">After Botman’s own goal after 18 minutes, we saw Havertz score after 24’, Saka after 65’ and Kiwior at 69’. Another big win and clean sheet was on the cards, right?</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Step forward Walthamstow’s finest Joe Willock to spoil our dream in the 85th minute though! The turncoat! 😂</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">So that’s six wins in a row in the league for our boys in red. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">I’m going to say it now…. We are going to win it this year! </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><div>Onwards and upwards, my friends.<br></div><div> </div><div>@arsenal</div><div>#ARSNEW</div><div>@gaygooners</div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><img id="id_9200_75a3_f86d_7aac" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1dFw78WIpIn49MnnEcvMHUHAE9pRJ-Py8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_5cb5_c17a_3342_f27" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/17zUJ7pT777d3SOZOChFa9y-vaa8AoJzg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_ebcd_a325_4633_f69a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1e3CZm2c_2LIQLGB8hGsTZgc7Kkokfasm" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_7c09_1433_142f_40e6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1tk7-Y8gQ7Gm07BkFCQxLZmvnfy1Yz6Ys" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_2415_899d_baf0_846b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1xMCFCj8vLxdmjQbxOVmrdxygfb_wh9gu" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_58be_1e77_3d82_23b9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1KIa0tHmnEqWFPcPuSYlZM0zfvBnpEzHi" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_3885_fc91_d2b2_d207" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1aHHV5D5MrvraJwcsXbaxREcYPTzWhQR9" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_835b_d3aa_21b9_1153" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1AZFsaukNSW0uTgxF09ZgPIMzwNRGXWEo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_a4d1_b84a_7db6_6f25" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1wmj4R3jV43JwG6wQsM-JWpkBMv5HY-4r" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_8d2f_f3f_56f7_ba29" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1TZCZAeJ4soH-eLkCaPFLwNiT8zAUYQi5" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 520px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-54001528877706586102024-02-24T10:25:00.001+00:002024-02-24T10:25:08.200+00:00Eat, young man!…<div>Stuart said “are you out at the football all day today?”</div><div>“Yes”</div><div>“I hope you’re planning some meals in between all that drinking…”</div><div>I looked doubtful. </div><div>15 mins later… </div><div>“Eat!” 😂</div><div>He’s a keeper, right?</div><div><br></div><div>#ARSNEW ⚽️🔴⚪️</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_33de_78c7_3b63_c347" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1SvbrCnf6jsLe2OlVenLt6Rw8kG5JkmI7" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_24f6_194c_a446_3db8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1nxYVFEI5gTM7NzDMMB0VW9LpkMCsvrVu" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><br><br></div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-65123096168406351952024-02-23T19:12:00.001+00:002024-02-23T19:12:19.738+00:00Theatre, you say?..<span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Thank goodness. A rare trip to the theatre 🎭 </span><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">😂😂😂</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><img id="id_9ee1_286_d952_f289" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1V6yFrL3GTx4ENA7RkmLJawaXKbft6GEK" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-25663682037946041662024-02-22T08:53:00.001+00:002024-02-22T08:53:43.204+00:00FC Porto 1 - 0 Arsenal…<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">FC Porto</span> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">1 - 0 Arsenal…</span><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">A fantastic away day in Portugal. A great meet-up before kickoff. Chatting with friends old and new. </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">And then there was the football… 🥴</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;">Pah! A lacklustre performance by our boys in red on the night saw Mikel Arteta's side seemingly holding on for a draw, but switched off right at the end and were duly punished by the brilliance of Galeno. <div><br></div><div>At 94’ the Brazilian winger took a few touches to set himself before curling a wonderful finish into the net, past the despairing full-stretch dive of David Raya. To be fair, Porto had threatened our goal earlier a couple of times too. </div><div><br></div><div>Conversely, despite the Gunners dominating possession, we failed to have a single shot on target in the whole match. Poor. </div><div><br></div><div>There is the opportunity to recover of course, this was just the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. The second leg takes place the Emirates on 12th March. </div><div><br></div><div>Onwards and upwards my friends. </div><div><br></div><div>@Arsenal</div><div>@gaygooners</div><div>#FCPARS</div><div>#COYG</div><div><br></div></div></div><img id="id_f7d1_a456_58b9_71f4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/13YYvLbF_yoa4Ysl6Mn1qGK8nIHsDfcEH" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_a832_c7c5_b45c_27e1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1h2_Im6uGrEPHlShGSDiHofi3CpZRQyRC" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_8f4f_a82_82f0_c422" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/15ppvBXvO0ONYYWD8A2WPe8FBjIwHp_yj" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_e645_ecc2_c598_fc90" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1peB_-YWOBGPVj6uUeezN1zDh_EzWtdc0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_5fe5_5840_4a65_cdba" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1CVOrXi07jSKwNsWsc603ZILP4Rwt9Ebc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_7413_c2ff_74b_9e75" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1_I2BRBTrXIXBlPwKFLxHJ5vQ0lWpJhz-" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_60e0_e025_4d0b_1b1e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1fa20i8gaLWKX56FK6yFRhrY8Zvn3y4xV" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_4165_d363_dd5d_c7cc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1u2Dlb8roQfisszGu0lKHftikwRBXRmn4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_6a1d_9a7d_6826_f153" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1DPNJUoBQNO_YcxanY0qkBe5sUcQhFPFj" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_2161_502_d071_1072" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1z1YBMKP7Qg153F3w6ZYOhGb1rV5VqhQu" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-59981874270647607912024-02-21T08:20:00.001+00:002024-02-21T08:20:52.028+00:00Porto Sightseeing…<span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Yes, Stuart, we do have to come here together on a non-footie trip. Lots to do and see and eat and drink! I think you’ll love it. </span><br><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">As it was, I’m here on an Arsenal away day by myself so a scouting mission was in order. And to that end, yesterday was a full-on tourist day. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Darce joined me on the tour too (ostensibly to avoid boozing all day - but that didn’t work out did it Darce?!) - as our guide Francisco showed me the wonders of Porto. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Lion square, the nunnery, numerous churches, the police horse stables (I’m sure I’ll be seeing more of our four-legged friends at the game tonight!), the prison, the magnificent bell tower, the cathedral, the station, a wine tour (oops), a ‘locals’ restaurant for lunch, and finally the six bridges river boat tour. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Nine hours in total - exhausting but great fun. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">In the evening we found a posh steak place. They took a bit of a shine to us when we told them we were gearing up for the footie Wednesday night so we got free drinks. 🍷 😂</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">Skipped the late night boozing as today will probably be a bit of a sesh. ⚽️🔴⚪️🍻</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;">I like Porto. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><img id="id_388f_ef36_95db_fcf8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1NDcFok2Dm11nJHUGXuGxNfgPzz058PnB" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_a336_98fd_ffe2_a254" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1WoCStNdy6SgB-ZJBP7qIEpE4B6SWE7fL" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_72aa_fc9e_80b_d551" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/13K45XsmqPpnAtYcWM-W-b1xtRVaNmmOX" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_d09d_8334_ec57_a747" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1T2CH8ds1SZQHzhZ_KTCRjEzLn_RWXu2-" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_376c_dd41_15e4_194" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1L69Gp_UDBmbe64GF5FahdBd177GG2aqf" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_edfe_8e30_c7c6_8ce" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1w2si2NCJ6uJ3BF8J2rMhA7qQEai8E2Ff" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_6a59_f2ee_df2e_7a8c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Hf-GtXEZKVablCiQs045-q4zsm5ctPpj" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_67c9_1125_df1e_847b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1PzpPOJk_dF0LVsVm4tEdPeTaoBmheGIM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_21c9_1978_4455_3b8a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1Lh4f5NCPp-Ale5lIkS4q2zFYv4-E0D0X" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_a0b_1fe8_c11e_469f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1T4ybt3Hy9qWwV0_fcmAYFAXfaH0ToTFi" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><br><br></div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-41412612499780483952024-02-20T17:41:00.001+00:002024-02-20T17:41:49.158+00:00Happy Potter Bookshop…Porto is fun. Fun bookshop too. Looks a bit Harry Potter. <div><br></div><div><img id="id_aaec_fbed_d710_f37b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1RDxAeHCkzPsdx_oNly8YPmJ4wTle4t1G" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div>overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201446.post-25630112297372669952024-02-19T13:27:00.001+00:002024-02-19T13:27:03.641+00:00Porto Bound…<div>Porto! We’re coming for you!</div><div><br></div><div>@arsenal</div><div>@regenersaurus</div><div>#FCPARS</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_3505_65c5_a0c2_bd28" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/1qlTvZN1v7FWqWrYLVMfxbRDBi7ADgw0w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 500px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div> overyourheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15348978597139506200noreply@blogger.com0