26 October 2017 Cambridge – Once A Great University A literary adjustment. By Chin Chin Thank the Good Lord for the University of Cambridge. Well, no, not the Lord in the sense of Christ or one or more thirds of the Holy Trinity. That would be too exclusive, offensive to other religions or even worse… Continue reading Issue 126: 2017 10 26: Cambridge – Once A Great University (Chin Chin)
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Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Sew So (Chin Chin)
20 July 2017 Sew So Competing with the little old ladies. By Chin Chin My father’s generation were more Gothic than mine and I remember him telling me that, when he was very young, he was told by an aunt that if he did not behave: “I will cut off your head and sew a… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: Sew So (Chin Chin)
Issue 46: 2016 03 23: To be or not to be – who, exactly? (Chin Chin)
24 March 2016 To Be Or Not To Be – Who, Exactly? Finding a Shakespearean alter ego. By Chin Chin It is always said that psychometric tests are hard to manipulate and I suppose that must be the case otherwise they would be completely useless. After all, most employers want exactly the same things: intelligence,… Continue reading Issue 46: 2016 03 23: To be or not to be – who, exactly? (Chin Chin)
Issue 41: 2016 02 18: Macbeth (John Watson)
18 February 2016 Macbeth The Bason Botanical Gardens, Wanganui Reviewed by John Watson Many years ago I was chatting over lunch to a very low church Christian and describing the Easter service at Saint Bartholomew the Great in London. Saint Bartholomew’s is not low church at all and he listened quietly to what I said… Continue reading Issue 41: 2016 02 18: Macbeth (John Watson)
Issue 41: 2016 02 18: The Curse of the Pharaohs (Chin Chin)
18 February 2016 The Curse of the Pharaohs How many will die this time? By Chin Chin Curses come in different shapes and sizes. At the top end of the scale there is the “full pharaonic,” visited on Lord Carnarvon and others shortly after the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. A quality… Continue reading Issue 41: 2016 02 18: The Curse of the Pharaohs (Chin Chin)
Issue 29:2015 11 19: Macbeth
19 November 2015 Macbeth (Director: Justin Kurzel. Certificate: 15) reviewed by Neil Tidmarsh Don’t be dismayed by the credits “Screenplay by Todd Louiso, Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie” and “Based on ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare” – this film is authentic Shakespeare through and through. All the words are Shakespeare’s, even if not all Shakespeare’s words are there. Cuts… Continue reading Issue 29:2015 11 19: Macbeth
