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New Place dig to go ahead.
I see archaeologists are due to start digging at New Place here in good old Stratford in an effort to er...see what they can find. All very exciting because New Place (so they say) is where Shakespeare took his final breath. The building itself was a...
It\'s THE (hypocritical) SUN what did it.
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The Royal Mail doesn't go GREEN
Pashleys, a bicycle making firm based here in good old Stratford upon Avon, have been supplying push bikes to the Royal Mail and their intrepid postmen and women for the past 127 years. Unfortunately and according to the Telegraph (and others), all t...
The Filth 0 - International Criminal Gang 1
Well that's the Global Gathering out of the way for this year and I have to say there didn't seem half as many out of their heads spotty youths this time round.Mind you, the only contact I had was with a three starving people in a car who wanted to k...
Kenneth Branagh comes out.
It's interesting to note that yet another (top notch) Lovey has come out in favour of the theory that dear old Shakespeare didn't write the stuff he was supposed to have written. This time it's friend of Prince Charles and very fine actor, Kenneth B...
The Bancroft Verdict.
Before I give my much awaited verdict on the the Bancroft Gardens, I'm going to keep Stratford upon Avon waiting just a little longer by saying first of all, that I'm surprised. Surprised and more than a little amazed that the Bancroft project was '...
'Sun' spotted
Eyes have been caste skywards for the third day running in world famous Stratford upon Avon at a mystery object that appears to be hovering over the Bard's town. The object, 'bright yellow and giving off a fearsome heat' so says resident Shakespear...
New Picture of Shakespeare discovered
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Quick! The Town's dying what can we do? I know...let's make matters worse.
So here we are in a world wide recession. Everybody is being careful about what they spend. Like many shopping areas in the country (for country read world) Stratford upon Avon shops are closing and the once busy streets are rapidly becoming people-l...
Stratford's MP makes Panorama and er...Private Eye
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The mystery unfolds...
A very odd day in the de Stratford household yesterday. It started with a strange and garbled message on the answerphone. Barely able to make it out we (me and Mrs de Stratford) decided that it was an elderly man's voice. What was obvious was the gen...
Royal Shakespeare Theatre modern day S.M.E.R.S.H ?
I have to say I'm a little concerned about the deal struck between The Stratford Town Trust and The Royal Shakespeare Company. According to reports in that mighty Organ the Stratford upon Avon Herald, the Trust have bought the lease on the Waterside ...
CEO sets example
I have to admit that I was close to tears when glancing down the front page of my favourite newspaper I came across this moving headline...'Council's £100,000-a-year chief executive offers to take pay cut'.Seems our own Paul Lankaster has, as the Co...
The peasants could quite easily revolt
The economic downturn has begun to show its ugly face in dear old Stratford upon Avon with a number of empty spaces appearing where shops used to be.It will be interesting to see (won't it) if the Champagne and Oyster Bar (discussed here) due to open...
Going down under
Bit of a sad day today. We had a big family Do to say goodbye to my B-in-law who's taking his family to Australia. Of course there were lots of tears from his sisters etc but hey, good luck to him. I think it's a brave move especially at his age and ...
Theatre types.
Ive decided that if I've got the moolah I will definitely go to see The Tempest with my favourite actor Antony Sher in the starring role. When I worked backstage at the main house, I had to, as part of my job, help him and his hump up onto a tomb in ...
Let them eat oysters
At the risk of boring you dear reader may I remind you of last years case concerning the Island Cafe. Described by the Great and the Good as an eyesore...sorry I'm boring you...look just go HERE to refresh your memory.Anyway, at the time I was quite ...
Not The Shakespeare Pastie (Pasty ?) Company
The centre of Stratford never fails to amaze me. Over the years I’ve seen it ‘develop’ from quite a number of individually owned shops into ‘a high street anywhere’ . You know what I mean, the same old, same old. Shops that are on every hig...
Timelords separated at birth?
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Obama's fault
OK so I was wrong about the new Doctor Who. Anybody could have made the same mistake. I blame Barack Obama. Admittedly the President of the USA isn't as important as the new Doctor but putting two and two together I figured that the Black Man's time...
And the new Doctor Who is...
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Ding Dong merrily on high...
Still no sign of the Church of England extending a bit of ‘Good Will to all Men’ to Andrew and Gail Wallbank. I don’t know if you remember my earlier comments on this matter, but this is the couple who own Glebe Farm in Aston Cantlow (a village...
Jewelry blag goes down in town you slut...
Have you seen this man?You're not going to believe this but we actually had a jewel robbery in town on Monday with men in masks and everything. Of course this being England they had the decency to use hammers with not a musket in sight so thankfully,...
How to get ahead in the Royal Shakespeare Company
This wonderful story about the man (Andre Tchaikowsky) , who left his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre is going to run and run.The latest news is that the company are going to back to using a fake skull because the real one is causing distracti...
Rick Davis - he's a writer
According to this bloke Rick Davis (who is a writer don’t you know), there’s a possibility that Shakespeare quit writing because of poor eyesight. In an article in the Birmingham Post Mr Davis who believe it or not has a play to sell, says... â...
Chuckle Brothers for RSC?
God knows what Stratford’s going to do now that this year’s Stars of Stage and Screen have (almost) left town. Here we all are just starting to enjoy an LA experience when Jon Luc and Dr Who up-sticks and head for London to strut their stuff. Sha...
Mars Lander kicks the bucket
It was with great sadness yesterday I learnt that the Mars Lander has finally died. Owing to lack of sunlight and no shops in the near vicinity, its batteries have gone flat.So let's take a moment or two to recognise this most wonderful of human achi...
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Just a thought
I had one of those light bulb moments the other day.The thought suddenly sprang into my mind that in the future, instead of discovering great works of literature in dusty libraries, you know the sort of thing... forgotten letters or manuscripts writt...
Look Up
I went to a talk today given by a friend of mine who’s a Tourist Guide in a number of cities and towns around the UK, including Stratford upon Avon. What we got was an extremely interesting talk punctuated by some quite amazing tales of her experie...
