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25 May 2026 The Pitt peregrines live so close to Schenley Park that when they leave the nest the park is their backdrop. Next Sunday 31 May I’ll combine Schenley and peregrines in two back-to-back outings: Parking is FREE on Sundays....
The Barbican has set itself quite a high bar with is annual summer musical, a feature that began in the aftermath of the pandemic as a recovery project, luring Sutton Foster from Broadway to star alongside Robert Lindsay and Felicity...
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is … Continue reading →
500 opened tabs on my phone are burning a hole in my pocket so here we go. I was delighted to hear Gener8tion (yes from that amazing video) studied art in Villa Arson which I visited last Christmas / Steven Ahlgren’s photographs of...
23 May 2026 in Melbourne, supported by Pollyman and Snake Thighs.We return to the Curtin, the site of many a good show. I've been intrigued by Don't Thank Me, Spank Me! (DTMSM) for a while now, not only for their unrelentingly silly band...
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Hi and Lois,...
Hello You. It’s been a while…
At any given moment, we can either spend time finding excuses to change or wait for the next convenient milestone to start the work. One of these increases our odds of success by at least 10x.
Googling the word “disregard” no longer works as expected. Google’s latest round of AI-ification has finally prompted me to switch […]
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Why is centrism failing so badly? Because at its heart is a mistaken idea of how politics works. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th May 2026 The biggest Brexit donor was the stockbroker Peter Hargreaves. He gave £3.2m to...
I was lying under a bridge in Northland, nestled among weeds, vines, and ferns. My arms were covered in dirt. I had eaten a daisy and swallowed a tiny sip of stagnant water from a puddle. I was tearing leaves off the ferns to disperse...