We'd met Tobias Young at the Waveney Arts Trail at Ravingham - via his Standing Man. Uni, with her efficiency, had found contact and so we were to visit him in Butley Mills, this fine September day of blue skies and red berries. Passing as usual the lives I may have lived had I bought… Continue reading Butley with Umi and Simon and the arm
Category: Halesworth – Films/Festivals
Rupert, bread, wine and churches
DRAFT Biking from Diss this time, catching the rain only at the end, Rupert rocked up at East Lodge with wine and bread in his panniers on a Friday September afternoon, infinitely felxible to fit in with what ever was happening, with a book (Jim Crace?) to hand in case of time to find. During… Continue reading Rupert, bread, wine and churches
Hooker & Tamsyn and Gorilla planting in Halesworth
Oh what delight to rock up on the bike, peddling fast down Norwich hill by skin of teeth to meet the 11 o’clock rendez-vous to find Tamsyn leading the Hooker trail around Halesworth, this Hooker celebration weekend. Of course, she was. She is after all, Halesworth in Bloom inspirer, a great gardener, creator, mover and… Continue reading Hooker & Tamsyn and Gorilla planting in Halesworth
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Hilary Mantel – The Reith Lectures July 2017
Discussion: We all enjoyed the novel experience of listening or reading or sometimes both. Peggy found her extraordinary voice easy to listen to. Phillip still found it annoying and read the transcripts. We discussed the main tenant of Mantal’s lectures, namely the ‘fictitious’ nature of history. Joan’s archeologist friend - stick to the facts everything… Continue reading Hilary Mantel – The Reith Lectures July 2017
Leslie to Suffolk
Unbelievably Leslie arrived with her charge - a dog. Across London, and on a train from Liverpool street changing at Ipswich. I'd never placed Leslie with a dog, just as I'd never imagined her in India, until she arrived. Actually she's far more open and versatile than I give credit for, and she'd got a… Continue reading Leslie to Suffolk
Science Cafe – Fast and Slow thinking – March
Professor Laura Bowater chair person for the evening 1. Dr Gary Barker, Research Leader of the Institute of Food Research http://www.ifr.ac.uk/research/scientists/gary-barker/ Risk adverse when we loose, but risk prepared if we are to gain. eg Loose 90 or win 100. How do we decide if we go to the doctor or not? Influenced by the book THINKING… Continue reading Science Cafe – Fast and Slow thinking – March
The Golden Dream – Film
Harrowing, brutal, beautiful, the journey of 3 young boys from Guatemala to the the land of honey and freedom the US. The journey incorporated the the Mexican wall which I saw for the first time. I didn't know that one already existed. The director cut his teeth working with Ken Loach on Land and Freedom, and… Continue reading The Golden Dream – Film
Science Cafe: Sex Art and Genes
February 2017 Professor Phil Gilmartin UEA and John Innes - Professor of Sciences. A fascinating talk about the PRIMULA VULGARIS - Common Primrose, and PRIMULA VERIS (Common Cowslip) which have two different and distinct styles of reproduction PIN FORM - a long pin like stamen with male pistils are half way down THURM FORM - Thrum… Continue reading Science Cafe: Sex Art and Genes
The Beetles – 8 Days a week (Cut Film)
Of course, I think of Bob, who gave me the re-mastered Beetles CD, (after he'd copied them for himself). He knew I loved them. An excellent, surprising and very enjoyable film 2016, Ron Howard, punctuated with their albums, those covers, oh yes, reminding me of that revolution, that I skated on the side of, watched,… Continue reading The Beetles – 8 Days a week (Cut Film)
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