Tuesday, August 13th, 2019
Reasons why we think, react and behave differently? We don’t choose where we are born. Neither do we choose our parents, their beliefs or the colour of our skin. We are immersed into a particular world and initially we accept it as it is. As we grow and mature we may begin to question the […]
Wednesday, July 31st, 2019
Ann and I set out at 9:30 on the morning, July 22nd, from Frimley, Camberley. When I drew up outside Ann’s home she had already reserved a parking space with her case. Mark and Claire were very grateful that Ann had agreed to house-sit with me. She had also volunteered to be my navigator. That […]
Sunday, July 28th, 2019
Chuck chickens! When you get excited about having a clean serviette because it is Sunday surelythat must it be telling you something! When you worry that the chickens might feel too hot, what does that say about you? If you rush to the car to find a bath size towel to create shade for these […]
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
Barbara Large MBE, FRSA, FHUW (1932-2019) Editor’s note: Barbara Large lived in Southdown Road from 1969 until her death on 4 March 2019. This tribute appeared in the Compton & Shawford Parish Magazine for June 2019 For readers who are not familiar with the acronym, FHUW stands for Honorary Fellow of the University of Winchester, […]
Thursday, July 11th, 2019
‘If music be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it’ Shakespeare Twelfth Night Act 1 Scene 1 Duke Orsino: Music has always been part of my life. My mother loved singing. My dad sang. They sang to each other. My mam used to substitute our surname ‘Dante’ when she sang “Oh […]
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
Escaping from Romeo and Juliet On Saturday 6th July I enjoyed this play in Guildford Castle Gardens You know the story: Shakespeare’s timeless love story set in a city torn apart by feuds and in the month after which the heroine is named – a July where ‘these hot days, is the mad blood stirring’. The Pranksters […]