Category Archives: Shakespeare
It’s good to be Great.
Britain look like beating the medal tally they achieved as a home competitor. In medal terms they will be either second or third most successful competitor on this most elevated of world stages. So why should anyone question a little … Continue reading
Posted in Olympics, pensions, Shakespeare
Tagged Brexit, GB, GB16, Medal, Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympics 16, Rio, Rio 2016
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Too saucy with the gods….the day of reckoning is upon us!
Note; this blog was written before I voted – I had a bad feeling then and nothing since has changed that feeling. On the night Cassius and the conspirators are plotting to murder Caesar, thunder and lightning shake the … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Shakespeare
Tagged Brexit, Cameron, Julius Caesar, Leave, referendym, Remain, Shaekspeare, vote
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Kiss me Kate-Upcraft!
This is my friend and most admired business colleague Kate Upcraft, upright, outspoken upholder of the truth in all things payroll. I thought of her last night – as I watched the Globe’s production of the Taming of the Shrew. … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Shakespeare
Tagged Caroline Byrne, Ireland, Kate Upcraft, Kathleen ni Houlihann, Payroll, pension, Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew
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It’s a kind of magic! The black and white of imagination.
If I could have set out to define the poles of theatrical experience, I couldn’t have done much better than to choose Kit Harington’s Dr Faustus and the Globe’s production of Midsummer Night’s Dream. First performed within a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Henry Tapper blog, pensions, Shakespeare
Tagged Andrew Marvell, Dr Faustus, Globe, henry tapper, Kit Harington, Marlow, Midsummer Night's Dream, pension, pensions, Shakespeare, the Garden, the Globe, Theatre
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Was Shakespeare a crack-head?
The Plowman’s been like a pig in shit these past few days. I can’t run on the Radio without hearing someone singing or declaiming Shakespeare. The TV’s packed with programmes on the Bard and on Sunday I did the … Continue reading
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Tagged Completewalk, crack-head, Plowman, Shakespear, Shakespeare
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