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The Odeon is still there - it's an 'events venue' called Athena.
It's been carefully restored externally and although it's years since I was inside, the interior is very nicely done with a lot of the heritage preserved.
There's a lot of Asian Wedding celebrations held there as well as corporate events.
The Church of St George in Leicester is a bit of an enigma.
It is now a Serbian Orthodox place of worship but it was built in the mid 1820s as an Anglican church when the city was expanding.
It suffered from extensive fire damage in about 1910 and was rebuilt.
When Leicester lost most of its inner city housing the church was redundant and was ultimately taken in by the Serbian Orthodox church although I'm unsure of when this happened.
It sits in extensive grounds as a huge pile of a building but the grounds are now fenced off and the path through them is a bit edgy at night despite being well lit these days. The churchyard and the path still has a reputation for being home to rough sleepers, drug dealing and prostitution - although I've never seen any of this on the few occasions I've been along there late evening.
Here's the Leicester Curve Theatre seen from the path through St George's churchyard
The audience here at #leicester Curve Theatre is 80% female as you might expect.
The females are of all ages, but the men are all older.
Why are there so many children (girls) here? It's not a family story, and the songs are all old by now. It doesn't make sense to me!
A couple from the Soar navigation in Leicester taken a few weeks ago.
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Good morning.
I'm not feeling it today.
After a bright start the weather is glooming over, as forecast.
We're going to see Mamma Mia at Leicester Curve this afternoon with our daughter.
She's supposed to be getting here in time for an early lunch.
I'm not keen on going out - but then I always say that. I just find these theatre trips, that my wife so enjoys, a relentless slog.
There's so much I dislike about going to the theatre that I'm not sure where to start - and it's rarely balanced out by the enjoyment.
It'll be fine by bedtime.
I'm just a miserable old goat.
Il Fatto Quotidiano: “Quando ero più giovane, non sapevo come gestire la situazione. Chiedevo a mia madre se avrei ancora potuto giocare a calcio”: lo sfogo di Alisha Lehmann
“Quando ero più giovane, non sapevo come gestire la situazione. Ci sono stati momenti in cui ero davvero triste e chiedevo a mia madre se non avrei più potuto giocare a calcio”. Alisha Lehmann si sfoga e lo fa alla Bbc Sport nel corso di una lunga intervista. L’atleta svizzera – ex di Douglas Luiz – è una calciatrice ma anche influencer, visto che vanta quasi 16 milioni di follower su Instagram e altri 11,8 milioni su TikTok. Motivo per cui a volte la sua carriera da calciatrice – spiega Lehmann – viene quasi “fraintesa”.
“Il calcio è la cosa che amo di più e a cui ho dedicato più tempo. Mi riposo benissimo, dormo tutti i pomeriggi e non farei mai nulla prima di un allenamento o di una partita che possa influenzare la mia prestazione. Ci tengo tantissimo“, spiega Lehmann che poi precisa: “La gente non ha idea di quanto impegno ci metta quando dice ‘Oh, lei non è una calciatrice’. A volte è frustrante”, ha dichiarato a BBC Sport. “La gente non vede tutto l’impegno che ci metto. Pensano che mi alleni e poi torni a casa a fare video su TikTok, ma non è vero”.
Alisha Lehmann ha giocato in Italia prima con la Juventus – proprio quando il suo ex fidanzato Douglas Luiz è stato acquistato dalla Juventus – e poi con il Como l’anno successivo. Oggi gioca con il Leicester: “Sono molto professionale. Do sempre il massimo in campo e voglio essere il migliore. Se, controllando i dati dopo l’allenamento, non ho dato il massimo, faccio degli allenamenti extra per cercare di migliorare. La gente può pensare quello che vuole, ma tutto ciò che faccio è finalizzato a diventare il miglior giocatore possibile“. In conclusione un pensiero sulla sua ultima esperienza al Como, in Italia: “Ho firmato un contratto a lungo termine a Como, ma dopo un mese ho capito che non mi piaceva e volevo tornare in Inghilterra”, spiega. “Mi trovo benissimo qui, il calcio è migliore e l’Inghilterra mi sembra casa”, ha concluso la calciatrice svizzera.
L'articolo “Quando ero più giovane, non sapevo come gestire la situazione. Chiedevo a mia madre se avrei ancora potuto giocare a calcio”: lo sfogo di Alisha Lehmann proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.
“When I was younger, I didn’t know how to handle the situation. I asked my mother if I could still play soccer”: Alisha Lehmann’s outburst.
When I was younger, I didn’t know how to handle the situation. There were times when I was really sad and I asked my mother if I could still play soccer. Alisha Lehmann opens up about it to BBC Sport in a lengthy interview. The Swiss athlete – formerly with Douglas Luiz – is a soccer player but also an influencer, boasting almost 16 million followers on Instagram and another 11.8 million on TikTok. This is why her career as a soccer player – explains Lehmann – is sometimes almost “misunderstood.”
“Soccer is the thing I love the most and have dedicated the most time to. I sleep very well, I sleep every afternoon, and I would never do anything before a training session or a game that could affect my performance. I care about it very much,” explains Lehmann, who then clarifies: “People have no idea of the commitment I put in when they say ‘Oh, she’s not a soccer player.’ It’s sometimes frustrating,” she told BBC Sport. “People don’t see all the effort I put in. They think I train and then go home to make videos on TikTok, but that’s not true.”
Alisha Lehmann played in Italy before with Juventus – just when her ex-boyfriend Douglas Luiz was acquired by Juventus – and then with Como the following year. Today she plays with Leicester: “I am very professional. I always give my best on the field and I want to be the best. If, checking the data after training, I haven’t given my best, I do extra training to try to improve. People can think what they want, but everything I do is aimed at becoming the best possible player.” In conclusion, a thought about her last experience at Como, in Italy: “I signed a long-term contract at Como, but after a month I realized I didn’t like it and I wanted to return to England,” she explains. “I’m very happy here, the soccer is better and England feels like home,” concluded the Swiss soccer player.
The article “When I was younger, I didn’t know how to handle the situation. I asked my mother if I could still play soccer”: Alisha Lehmann’s outburst comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
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