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The Search
Last night we watch ‘Life After Oz’, the latest production from Fabba – a theatre company for adults with learning disabilities. A year after Dorothy has returned from Oz, the lion, tin man, scarecrow and munchkins are anxious. Their land, under the influence of the wicked witch Elphaba, is becoming grey and colourless. They need…
Close to the Heart
Yesterday… …I learnt that a friend has to go to Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge for an ‘Ablation’. Mr Google told me that a cardiac ablation is a treatment for irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias). Catheters are inserted, moved to the correct position inside the heart, and the area that’s causing the arrhythmia is destroyed. A normal heartbeat…
Reaching Crisis Point
Yesterday, I was reminded of ‘Crisis’ four times… On Sunday, in church, considering fresh water and hygienic toilets, ‘The Great Stink’ of 1858 was mentioned… The London population had grown to 2.5 million… homes lacked flush toilets… 17th century sewers were old and inadequate… cholera outbreaks recurred… waste from homes, factories and slaughterhouses was discharged…
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