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.
Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross
05 Jul 2010 1 Comment
in Old English Traditions, Society & Culture, theatre Tags: banbury, banbury cross, cock, cock horse, fertility, Festival, film, hobby horse, medieval, military, pagan, photos, toys, video
The Hobby Horse Festival in Banbury is a relatively recent creation, having started a decade ago in the year 2000. It is based around the English nursery rhyme: ‘Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, to see a fine lady upon a white horse; rings on her fingers and bells on her toes and she shall have music wherever she goes.
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.
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