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In which there is Margery Sharp's husband (he wrote it but....)
Imagine my GLEE when I deduced that Margery Sharp's husband was not only the aeronautical engineer Geoffrey Castle listed in all the biographies of her (that a casual online/offline search revealed anyway), and to whom she persistently dedicated her books after their marriage, but her husband was also... Jeffery Lloyd Castle the minor English ( Read more... ) -
In which there is the older tradition of rapper performance, and several cunning plans
- Books I mentioned elsewhere that are relevant to my flist's interests: Magdalen King-Hall's original novel behind the film Wicked Lady (review: see title, also cross-dressing), and Ms King-Hall's earlier accidental 1925 literary hoax (review: historical teen fic romp), both out of print but reasonably available secondhand (unlike M K-H's other ( Read more... ) -
In which girls just want to have fun
I went Wales watching, which is like whale watching... with fewer boats and cetaceans but more rain and sheep.
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In which there are spifflications, both threatened and avoided
- Quote of the [current reading]: "Hand over that book of spells or I'll come in and spifflicate you!"
- Webcomic on shopping priorities: How I Spend My Money, by Sarah Andersen. I'd link to one of her websites but the comic is impossible to read on both of them due to either small size or pop-ups. (Via lizcommotion.)
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In which there are a play with music, a play with dance, and an installation with suitcases
- Watching a play called This Last Tempest in which, despite years of experience of experimental theatre, I sat in the middle of the front row and ended up helping Caliban move a rock (containing a speaker) into the audience, lol. Boo to werk audience participation! I enjoyed this sequel to The Tempest, although I suspect it wasn’t as experimental ( Read more... ) -
In which there are mostly quotes, and SWORD DANCING!
- Overheard on a train: older woman consulting her diary, "I’ve got nothing else that week and then I’ve got my feet." :-D
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In which there is dancing with Daleks… and beer trays… and bunnies from hell
- Dancing: I like a nice display of traditional morris dancing such as Border morris with Daleks (youtube 2mins), or a Cotswold danceoff with beertrays (youtube 2mins), or a hankie-waving Cotswold set danced by the Bunnies From Hell (youtube 3mins).
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