w/e 12 April

Musicals, meteorite, and the Moon      What a week!  We kicked off with an early glimpse of emerging bluebells up at Hembury Hill Fort with superb views across to Dartmoor.  The sun was bright and warm.  Spring was definitely in the air.      Sidmouth Musical Theatre wowed a full house on their opening night with …

International Women’s Day

Can't do better than to include my report from last night's performance of Carmen by the amazing Iryna Ilnytska: EXETER OPERA GROUP ‘CARMEN’ AT TEIGNMOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL “It can’t get better than this!” exclaimed Barry.  And yet, each performance by this talented group of singers does get better each time.  From the opening bars of …

January Blues

Last Monday was Blue Monday apparently...yet that was the day I felt ready to begin the new year. The mornings are becoming lighter and we are past the Christmas and New Year disruption. The news is dominated by the post office debacle and the beginnings of electioneering. I drafted out a diagram illustrating the problems with the post …