Today we remember John Smith who died thirty years ago. I remember being with him the night before he died when he ended his speech with 'all we ask is the opportunity to serve.' John's whole life was a testimony to the nobility of public service.

What if…?

I’m in Rhode Island ! That’s a first!

“The Great Gatsby” review of Broadway’s new take on Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece
This is a very twenty-first century take on Gatsby. We seem to demand more from musical theatre than just the telling of a story, memorable songs and… paddybriggs.com/2024/05/08/the…

The surface looked polished and new in 1960 when the first President born in the Twentieth Century took office. Camelot time. The dawns have a tendency not to move into bright daylight….

News Release from Lee Anderson. “I am pleased to announce that following discussions with Keir Starmer I will be rejoining The Labour Party with immediate effect. I grew up in Labour and left only because it became Marxist. Under Sir Keir it has moved towards my Centre Right beliefs.”

I think Starmer may have made a mistake on Elphicke……

Quite superb Madam Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera . A well sung and beautifully staged and culturally sensitive production.

At the Metropolitan Opera for “Butterfly “.

😱 #COYS

“The Great Gatsby” is a lively song and dance musical packing them in on Broadway, deservedly so. It’s of its ages - the 1930s, and today ! The shallowness of the wealthy few was Scott Fitzgerald’s theme and Gatsby its emblem. Think Trump, but less vulgar.

Love Broadway…

Me neither….🫣

Comprehensive nonsense, who are you?

Mixing ….

Lunch in wonderful diner on Broadway near our hotel. Sensational burgher served properly medium rare pink which preposterously London restaurants are forbidden by law to do !

Good morning madam….

Precisely

Or to translate into what Bolton actually means: “A city which was once overwhelmingly White Anglo Saxon Protestant will continue to be governed by a man I don’t like who is none of these things”.