You can email TFL to get them to pick them up. I imagine a What3Words reference is the best way of telling them exactly where it is. abandonedtflcycle@tfl.gov.uk
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You can email TFL to get them to pick them up. I imagine a What3Words reference is the best way of telling them exactly where it is. abandonedtflcycle@tfl.gov.uk
Ah, what a shame 🎻
My heart bleeds…
Nottingham Travelodge may be pretty old-school - big old concrete high-rise block, was freezing when I arrived, and feels like being in a council flat - but I think it’s the second-biggest hotel room I’ve ever had. It’s not far short of the size of my whole flat (and my en-suite has a bathtub).
Opera North Peter Grimes.
That said, I did find my way to the excellent Barrel Drop where the chorus were hiding. I thought I’d spotted a pal in the extra chorus that I hadn’t known was in this, and I was right. THAT bar stayed open until just now 🥰
Update: the same bar also calls last orders at 10:30pm before the cast get out. So, not all sunshine & roses.
I should go to the opera in Nottingham more often. The theatre bar sells decent real ale and it’s £4.70 a pint 😯
No, it’s the one they’ve had since 2006. I first saw it at Sadlers Wells the day I moved into my flat!
I think Vye-Ohla is another possible pronunciation (I believe that’s how the ballet dancer Viola Pantuso pronounces her name).
“Viola House”
New block of flats at Elephant & Castle. Pronounced like the flower/Shakespearean heroine, or like the butt of all orchestral musicians’ jokes, I wonder? 🤔
I’m not a regular Wordler these days, but I think people are going to struggle today. I did eventually get it in 6.
Just wanted to thank you again for this recommendation - I’m having dinner at Kushi-ya tomorrow evening before Peter Grimes.
I love the production - I think this is its fourth run. I saw the first 2 but missed a more recent one. Notable this time for my friend Philippa Boyle making her company debut as Ellen Orford.
I’m off to Nottingham tomorrow to see Opera North’s Peter Grimes. Is anyone else I know going to be there?
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Well, here’s the thing about being antiwar as an ethical belief: it means you end up opposing most wars. Almost all of them, in fact. This is quite common in people who have consistent beliefs but looks insane to people who have none, or mostly just believe superior people should make the decisions.
While I acknowledge that the qualifying criteria for the Olivier Awards basically exclude everyone except ENO and the Royal Opera, I’m quite depressed that the remaining pickings were so slim for Best New Opera Production that the Katie Mitchell Makropulos Case made the shortlist 😬
Ah I know, and also that the song is not about religion in the first place!
Other Verdi operas that are “up there” for me: Un ballo in maschera, Simon Boccanegra, Otello, Falstaff.
I’d substitute Don Carlo for either Freischütz or Carmen any day. (I’m not a huge Fidelio fan, but recognise it unarguably has to be on the list.)
Just remembered how yesterday I walked past a busker just off Covent Garden Piazza singing Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, and my unironic instinctive thought was “surely you shouldn’t be singing that word in Lent” 😂
I could be wrong, but I imagine he’s a contractor rather than “staff”. I used to be slightly involved in the running of Greenwich Power Station and they certainly hired in a pigeon control service of this nature.
I love Sibelius 2.
I vaguely fancy seeing Glyndebourne’s Entführung again, but couldn’t financially prioritise it when I had all of the existing list to book for.
Ah! OK. In which case, I might be in touch…
I’m assuming the one you might be missing is Don Carlo? (Only asking because that is the one my friend and I haven’t yet organised transport for!)
I’ll look forward to it 😊
Isn’t it? Not a thing I could really justify missing.
I think the first three all are.