Last week was the 5th week of working from home. The cheerful confirmations from senior management that we as an institution have an important part to play in responding to and eventually helping recovery from this crisis don’t seem to be filtering down to my team. This was the first week that several people admitted… Continue reading tHe wEEk tHAt wAs (16.2020)
Category: Review
This week (15/2020)
This week I came to a breakthrough with yoga. Thursday morning I sat down on my mat and our teacher said "Just be the pose. Don't 'do' the pose. Just be." This must have been what I needed to hear because for once I didn't feel stupid for wobbling, or for feeling weak, or for… Continue reading This week (15/2020)
This week (14/2020)
This week I have been Reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. I got this book for Christmas and have been looking forward to reading it but at the same time a little anxious because what if it doesn't live up to expectations set by the most excellent The Handmaid's Tale? I am halfway through now… Continue reading This week (14/2020)
The longest week (13/2020)
I can't believe we are already 1/4 through the year. It feels like these last few weeks have been several months. Since the lockdown began, days feel like weeks, weeks like months. 2020 is going to be a very long year. This week I have been Strugling with yoga. I signed up for a month… Continue reading The longest week (13/2020)
The week that was (12/2020)
This was not a good week in the grand scheme of my life. But here we are at the end and the sun is shining. This week I was: Working from home. My company has closed its doors as part of the effort to stop the spread of the virus so we are all working… Continue reading The week that was (12/2020)
Theatre Review: Shoe Lady
I feel strange to review this production because it's no longer running. Like lots of (most? all?) London theatres, the Royal Court has closed its doors. I booked to see this show because of Katherine Parkinson. You may know her as Jen from The IT Crowd or Pauline from Doc Martin or Laura from Humans.… Continue reading Theatre Review: Shoe Lady
The week that was (11/2020)
This week my mood was ruined by: Covid19. I know, I seem like a whingy child to be upset about my holiday being cancelled when people are dying, and all of Italy is in lockdown, I know. But I was really looking forward to that trip to India next month. We had been planning this… Continue reading The week that was (11/2020)
Theatre Review: A number
I studied Carol Churchill’s Top Girls at university. Despite that, I remain interested in her plays and have even been to see a performance of Top Girls at the Trafalgar Studios. I also took friends to see her play Far Away in 2000, a play we have referred to since as “the one with hats”.… Continue reading Theatre Review: A number
My week (10/2020)
This week I have been listening to: The Eleventh An ABC podcast about the events leading up to the dismissal of Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, by the Governor General, Jim Kerr, in 1975. I was only young when it happened so only have a fuzzy understanding of the circumstances that led up to this momentous… Continue reading My week (10/2020)
Review: You stupid darkness
How could I not want to see a play based on one of the best of Charles Schultz' Peanuts cartoons? "Hello Brightline, you're through to someone you can talk to." The end of the world may be approaching but every Tuesday night a dedicated band of volunteers come to the Brightline call centre. They hang… Continue reading Review: You stupid darkness
