Thursday, December 30, 2004

Tsunami

Our thoughts and prayers go to the survivors of those caught in the Indian Ocean Tsunami, and to the families and friends of the, currently 125,000, feared dead.

Nothing we can say will lessen the pain - the most we can hope to do is to somehow contribute to rehabilitating all those affected and also contribute to systems to provide protection in the future

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Indonesian Tsunami

Our thoughts and prayers go to the survivors of those
affected.

On a side note, for some reason I find it little
reprehensible that the Evening Standard, Londons local
paper is focussing on the 50 Britons known to be
fatalities, rather than the 70,000 grand total (so far).





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Monday, December 27, 2004

When The Filament Fades

When The Filament Fades

It probably won't make a huge amount of sense to any non-theatre person but it's a great piece of writing

Do a good deed

For anyone looking for a quick help to charity that can be done in a minute or so, try clicking on these sites. Won't cost you a penny
The Hunger Site - Has links to other similar sites on various good causes
Redjellyfish.com - two click buttons for helping chimps and the rainforest
Ecologyfund.com - several buttons for environmentally friendly concerns

You could probably do these sites in the time it takes to download your emails

Spent the day wondering around London city as a full-blown tourist and got my fix of culture for the season.
Went from HMS Belfast across Tower Bridge past the Tower (busy) up to Whitechapel Art Gallery (closed) then back through the city past the Lloyds building (looks like a factory) and Bank. Stopped at the crypt cafe under St Pauls for a very nice, if a little pricey, meal. We then carried on down Fleet Street to Temple (closed) then up past Trafalgar Square (not stopping) to the Royal Academy to see the William Nicholson exhibition
His work is oddly better from a distance for the most part, with some great landscapes and a slightly sardonic view of those in power.