After years as a #strobist have now bought 4x Elinchrome D-Lite 4 it heads. Looking forward to playing. #flash #photography
Tag Archives: playing
As You Like It
Our latest trip to Stratford, courtesy of tickets from the IBM Warwick employee theatre club, was to see the oft maligned As You Like It. This is one of the few Shakespeare plays I had not seen at all. It has a reputation for being rather less substantial, implausible, and light on comedy and is …
25 July 2010 – 16:53
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By kyber
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Tagged Katy Steven, playing, RSC, Shakespeare, Theatre
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Every time we go on holiday, w…
Every time we go on holiday, we end up buying a pack of playing cards. Can we ever find any at home when we fancy a game? Nope!
Double grade 5 whammy
What a musical genius my youngest daughter (15) is. She recently took grade 5 exams in both piano and classical guitar. This was whilst rehearsing for her latest theatre production with the Musical Theatre Academy and preparing for GCSE exams. As the curriculum for Grade 5 was about to change significantly. it was important for …
24 April 2009 – 19:51
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By kyber
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Posted in Education, Family Life
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Tagged classical guitar, GCSE, guitar, instruments, music, musical, piano, playing
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Hamlet
A brilliant new production of Hamlet staged in Shakespeare’s home town of Stratford-upon-Avon featuring a superb company that included leading actors such as the current Doctor Who, David Tennant, and former Captain of the Enterprise, Patrick Stewart.
27 July 2008 – 18:59
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By kyber
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Posted in blog, Work
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Tagged education, Patrick Stewart, playing, RSC, Shakespeare, Work
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Bojangles swing band in Whitchurch
Bojangles are a recently formed swing band group in the Midlands. They performed in Whitchurch in April 2008 in support of a fund-raising event for an overseas school-trip to an under-privileged region. [If someone can send me the proper details, I shall include them here.] We know on the band members, the pianist, very …
Two new sewing machines
My better half finally decided to get back into sewing properly after a break of a year or so and has started by buying two new sewing machines (yes, two) – and one of them does not even use thread!!
Omid Djalili
A popular actor and comedian (who recently had his on show on BBC 1) on tour – seeing him was a surprise Christmas present.
24 February 2008 – 20:22
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By kyber
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Tagged hotel, Omid Djalili, playing, show, Work
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Dogs playing together
We recently acquired a second dog. Our dogs are both mongrels one mixed with Belgian Shepherd and the other with German Shepherd (i.e. Alsatian), very fit and smart (near the top of their dog IQ league tables).
26 January 2008 – 16:34
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By kyber
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Tagged Belgian Shepherd, German Shepherd, IQ, playing
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Monopoly Rules
As is typical of so many families around Christmas, we have been playing a lot of Monopoly. It seems a lot of people use a number of house rules (and many people have been using them for so long, that they are not even aware that theu are not following the standard rules.