RANDOM JOTTINGS

A blog about music, sports, theatre and rants

Long time blogger just moved to wordpress. Love music, theatre, movies, sport (tennis and cricket) and cooking. Two great daughters, two great granddaughters.

Month: September 2019

  • The Eagle of the Ninth – Rosemary Sutcliff

    The question I asked myself when reading this simply wonderful book, was why have I not read it before?  I am sure there are many of you, O Gentle Reader, who ask the same.  I loved Rosemary Sutcliff as a child and teenager but the books I read were Brother Dusty Feet, Simon, The Queen…

  • Random in London

    I am just back from a couple of days in London, lovely and totally exhausting and so glad to be home. I love London and the hotel I was staying in a Tavistock Square is slap bang in the middle of the area where I lived and went to school in my years in the…

  • Random catch up

    I have had a pretty lazy week watching cricket and reading and now time to catch up on same. I am off to London tomorrow for a day or two so thought I had best get this done as time goes so quick and I realise it is a week since I ranted about Sanditon.…

  • Sanditon by Andrew Davies

    Rant alert. Where do I start? Just where do I begin to write about this morass of utter awfulness which is the adaptation of Sanditon?  So much to say. First up, somebody tweeted last night "I am enjoying Sanditon but I expect the Janeites are clutching their pearls". I took exception at this and tweeted…