@SJHand

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When I'm not busy with 1001 more pressing things, I'm a writer, researcher, editor, English tutor and cheese-lover.

Phew! #DavidTennant playing #Hamlet (on BBC Four right now) is taking my breath away!

How does Hamlet? Mad!

Awesome acting. Would love to see him as Iago, and hope I last long enough for when he ages into King Lear.

@SirPatStew is awesome as well
👍👍all around.

Boo!!! 👻 Oscar Wilde’s immortal ghost story #thecantervilleghost is coming to UK and Irish cinemas on Fri 22nd September 👻

https://youtu.be/MiAP7CorKIo

The Canterville Ghost | 2023 |@SignatureUK Theatrical Trailer |Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emily Carey

YouTube

"I’ll be revenged on the whole pack of you," I growl, brandishing my biggest kitchen knife above the defenseless packet of bacon that absolutely refuses to "pull here to open." Grrr!

#outofcontextshakespeare #TwelfthNight #Malvolio

Gosh, this all seems so familiar...
#artimitateslife #WaitAreWeTheRats?

Cartoon by JimBenton.com

August 19, 1921, birthday of Eugene Wesley „Gene“ Roddenberry - creator of the #StarTrek Universe, where you can spot some fascinating #geology ⚒🖖

https://tinyurl.com/5n82x8yh

"O, that this too too solid flesh would melt." Diet's not going quite to plan. I think that packet of Jaffa Cakes (I just ate) may have something to do with it.

#outofcontextshakespeare #Hamlet #JaffaCakesAreBiscuits

Climate solutions:

Rising temperatures mean more air conditioning which means more electricity is needed – rooftop solar is a perfect fit.

#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis
https://theconversation.com/rising-temperatures-mean-more-air-conditioning-which-means-more-electricity-is-needed-rooftop-solar-is-a-perfect-fit-211313

Rising temperatures mean more air conditioning which means more electricity is needed – rooftop solar is a perfect fit

The sunniest days also see the biggest demand for air con.

The Conversation

"Fillet of a fenny snake, in the cauldron boil and bake; eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog, adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, lizard's leg and owlet's wing." Sheesh! Zucchini bread recipes are getting more and more complicated.

#outofcontextshakespeare #Macbeth #SecondWitch #zucchini

We were sailing on Plöner See, Schleswig Holstein - a wonderful family sailing course at the Youth Hostel Plön!

#urbansketching #Summer23 #watercolour #Sketch #sketchbook

"Fie, fie! Unknit that threat’ning unkind brow, and dart not scornful glances from those eyes, to wound thy lord, thy king, thy governor." Every time I look at myself in that darned lying mirror.

#outofcontextshakespeare #TheTamingOfTheShrew #Katherine