Alhambra enrols the infant prince into Baptisto’s childminding service.
To paraphrase Don Alhambra: “I stole the Prince and left him gaily prattling, with a highly respectable gondolier…”
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Boston Beans
Baked beans and the Wild West Our ultimately doomed production of Calamity Jane turned our thoughts to the blazing saddles of the wild west and – well. Baked beans and cowboys are sort of linked in the popular imagination. And we all know who to blame for that… In fact beans were a real staple…
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Ring a ring of roses
During the dark days of the pandemic, a bit of light relief in the post by our Publicity Officer, Ruth. A plague on your roses? “Ring a Ring o’ Roses” or “Ring a Ring o’ Rosie” is an English nursery rhyme or folksong and playground singing game. It first appeared in print in 1881, but it is reported that a version…
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Hebe in HMS Pinafore
The Name is Bond – Jessie Bond By the 1890s, Jessie Charlotte Bond was at the peak of her G&S career. She was the leading mezzo-soprano in all of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most famous Savoy operas. She had starred in shows from HMS Pinafore to The Gondoliers, each time creating new roles with more and…
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Cartoon – Crocs
Oh Hun. I’d walk a mile in your shoes to to feel your pain. Unless they’re crocs of course…………
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Poem – stuck inside
Stuck Inside – A Pandemic Poem by Annie Parker Twas the beginning of the year, the decs had been put away New diets had been started, to get beach ready for the holiday Then Uncle Covid came to visit, and cast our plans awry Schools and pubs were closed down and parents began to…
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Armenian spiced cake
We were all worrying about our comeback date during lock down. Here’s our take on dates and cake…
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The first Frederic – Llewellyn Cadwaladr
Piracy in Paignton? How the Pirates of Penzance came to Devon. Allow me to introduce you to Arthur Dendy. No, not the towel-toting galactic traveller. That was Arthur Dent. Arthur Hyde Dendy was the upright, uptight Birmingham barrister who transformed Paignton from a place famous for little more than growing cabbages into a flourishing seaside…
