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Philip Glass has a new opera (UK Premiere in June 2013) The Perfect American - a 'factional' account of the last years of Walt Disney.
I have tickets booked for the opening night and can't wait!

At the moment I am listening to his opera "Appomattox".

Thank you, Janette, for the lovely covers for "The Triumphs Of Eugene Valmont" and "Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow".

Many years ago (nearly 40yrs!) I was interviewed on Yorkshire Television on a programme called "Calendar". The interviewer was the late Richard Whiteley (a charming man) and his co-presenter was Austin Mitchell (now MP for Great Grimsby!). Richard Whiteley: http://wiki.apterous.org/images/...

Not a place-name per se, but the locals in Castleford in West Yorkshire had a battle with the Local Council who wanted to rename "Tickle Cock bridge" as "Tittle Cott Bridge". The locals won - the name originates from its use by courting couples! Story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...

Anthony Flew: There Is A God - How the world's most notorious atheist changed his mind.

Is there a setting for increasing the default font-size? I can hardly read the text any more. I know about icreasing text-size in firefox, but the text here is smaller than on other forums which I visit.

Please help?

Praise for Chrisczech (Czechchris) via the 'Thank a reader' feature : Please thank Chrisczech for his wonderful reading of Jerome K. Jerome... Chrisczech was perfect. I shall be downloading his other readings. I am from Yorkshire in England but have lived in USA for 30 years and thought that I dete...

Aaaaarrrrrgggghh!!!!!!

October is the Playoffs! Can't you wait until after the World Series?

Vitam Vas, indigoamy!

I have often wished my Czech were good enough to record some Neruda.

But, enjoy yourself here, whatever you choose to read (Czech or English) and hearty welcome from this Czechophile.

That is so kind of you, Monica. I appreciate your comments very much and that encourages me to complete the Second Thoughts, which I am currently working on.

Many, many thanks.

"As long as you can boogie, you ain't too old" - Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart)

The troll certainly has accomplished his/her purpose!

Quit whining!

Your money is supporting the Toronto Blue Jays - what more could you want?

At school I was, and I think even today I still am, everyone's "invisible friend". We homeschooled three of our four school-age children. The fourth child was very happy at school whereas the other three were deeply unhappy. A lot of time was spent undoing the emotional damage that school ...

Not any more! I used to have a 6ft boa constrictor and an 8ft reticulated python. When I advertised the python for sale, I got an invite to the local TV station to appear with my snakes on a local news programme. The snakes finally went to Knaresborough zoo (now closed) and I became friends with Adr...