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What Piece of Work is Man…
Yesterday… …My friend Jack reminded me of Hamlet. Despairing, feeling hopeless, disillusioned with the world, humanity and his own life Hamlet says: What a piece of work is a man, how noble inreason, how infinite in faculties, in form and movinghow express and admirable; in action how likean angel, in apprehension how like a god:…
Mr Blue Sky
Often when nearly-thirteen-year-old-grandson-Luca gets into our car, he presses a few buttons on his phone, and we listen to his playlist. My musical education is furthered with Bruno Mars or Ariana Grande. This week I was surprised and delighted to be hearing ELO’s ‘Mr Blue Sky’! Mr. Blue SkyPlease tell us whyYou had to hide…
Musing on Hippos
Our friend Tim was confessing to enjoying ‘Flanders and Swann’ songs. Songs that he learnt as a child he still remembers word for word. Their humour is still appreciated by folks ‘of a certain age’. Their repertoire included ‘The Hippopotamus Song’. The hippopotamus is presented as a happy creature; the song celebrates the joy of…
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