The Festival Of Dashera – Victory Of Good Over Evil.
19 Oct 2010 3 Comments
in music, Religion, Society & Culture Tags: asian, battle, dashara, dashera, dussehra, dussera, evil, good, hindu, leicester, mysore dasara, religous festival, sikh, spirituality
The Hindu festival of Dashera takes place in October in which 10-headed effigies of King Ravana are set alight to celebrate the victory of good over evil.
Rule Britannia! The Last Night of the Proms.
10 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment
in music Tags: classical, Doctor Who, Last Night of the Proms, music, national pride, Royal Albert Hall
The Last Night of the Proms is the time that the Royal Albert Hall (RAH) in the centre of London is packed to the rafters with flag swinging, anthem singing people proud to be British, but there are also the odd few who sneak in their French, Brazilian or Japanese flags – well more nationalities that you could shake a baton at.
(As sung by Bryn Terfel, Proms footage courtesy of the BBC. All photos by Lucy Peel)
At The World’s Biggest Sideshow – The Edinburgh Fringe
26 Aug 2010 1 Comment
in Artists, Comedy, music, Old English Traditions, Society & Culture, theatre Tags: abstract, art, attention, edinburgh, expression, fringe, Kevin Eldon, music, performance, reginald d hunter, richard herring, sarah millican, show
There are so many crazy and curious things happening out on the street in Edinburgh during the sweltering month of August. Enough to keep you occupied, to cloud your mind and make you lose track of time. Beware if you have other Fringe shows to go to!
Will Young Plays With Some Balls At Welford Road
18 Jul 2010 1 Comment
in Artists, music Tags: balls, concert, film, leicester, music, photos, pop, rugby, tigers, video, welford road, will young
The Leicester Tigers hosted Will Young on Friday 16th July for the second ever concert at their grounds at Welford Road. Some of the entertainment provided by Will was suited to the environment:
Happy Birthday Sir Patrick Stewart!
16 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Artists, music, Society & Culture, theatre Tags: adrian schiller, andre Previn, every good boy deserves favour, ian mckellen, macbeth, orchestra, patrick stewart, photos, stage door, theatre, tom stoppard, waiting for godot
Back in my student days I used to live behind a library which was owned by an ex-Polytechnic University. One day, library staff decided to have a spring-clean and filled a skip with lots of old books, slides, tapes and records from the 1970′s. Gleefully, I joined several other students in rummaging through the contents of the skip much to the amusement of the Security Staff.
Among the booty was this fantastic record from 1978 – ‘Every Good Boy Deserves Favour’ – a play for actors and orchestra by Tom Stoppard and André Previn. Among the cast were Patrick Stewart and Ian Mckellen.
From Dusk Till Dawn – Summer Solstice at Stonehenge
22 Jun 2010 6 Comments
in music, nature, Old English Traditions, Society & Culture Tags: celebration, Druid, earth, film, hippy, nature, pagan, photos, stonehenge, summer solstice, videos
20,000 people celebrated the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge gathering on 20th June 2010. From dusk till dawn with the sun setting at 21:26 on Sunday and rising at 04:52 on Monday, a vast array of people danced and sang throughout the night.
Robin Ince – School For Gifted Children
30 Mar 2010 3 Comments
in Artists, Comedy, music, theatre Tags: Alan Moore, bloomsbury, Bridget Christie, calmness, Comedy, friendship, happiness, innocence, Jim Bob, Joanna Neary, Kevin Eldon, Robin Ince, School For Gifted Children, Stewart Lee, theatre, variety, variety show
Last night Robin Ince hosted the School For Gifted Children at the Bloomsbury Theatre at the UCL in London. It was a variety show & tell, with more fantastic artists than you could possible shake a stick at.
Scherrrrrrrwing!!
27 Feb 2010 1 Comment
in Artists, music Tags: birmingham, dancing, erik hassle, live, mika, music, O2 academy, performance, show, singing
Erik Hassle was the support act at a Mika gig at the O2 Academy in Birmingham on Thurday night;
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