I’ve just come out of Mrs Warren’s Profession at the Garrick, which I booked last minute on your recommendation. It was indeed really excellent - minus the ghosts and their accompanying ghost music which were as subtle as the proverbial ton of bricks. I think you said that when you saw it they even showed up partway through Mrs W’s big speech. They didn’t today - Staunton was uninterrupted start to finish, and was excellent. It’s the best theatre I’ve seen in London for some time.
Only problem is that I listen to novels on my phone. The phone is but a tool, a double-edged sword. It's how we use it (I'm talking about adults here. Kids should not have smartphones, period.)
I know I need to put my cellphone down to open up more time to read classic literature and to write my poems and essays. It’s important to stay connected to our friends but it’s also important to stay connected to the underpinnings of our culture.
Good! Now turn this into a book!
I’ve just come out of Mrs Warren’s Profession at the Garrick, which I booked last minute on your recommendation. It was indeed really excellent - minus the ghosts and their accompanying ghost music which were as subtle as the proverbial ton of bricks. I think you said that when you saw it they even showed up partway through Mrs W’s big speech. They didn’t today - Staunton was uninterrupted start to finish, and was excellent. It’s the best theatre I’ve seen in London for some time.
so glad to hear this, wasn’t she stunning?
Just fantastic.
Only problem is that I listen to novels on my phone. The phone is but a tool, a double-edged sword. It's how we use it (I'm talking about adults here. Kids should not have smartphones, period.)
oh fully agree, my total view of phones is not quite so exclusive as this rhetorical exclamation
I would respectfully disagree, even though I do try to preserve my inner child (which is not allowed to use smartphones.)
I have only but one like to give!
I agree with you good Sir! Well done. 👍🏻
thanks!
This is exactly what I needed to read today.
good!
Bravo! Confirms where my proclivities currently reside.
The creative moment is now!
Beautiful
I agree with you, but I read and liked your call to arms on my iphone.
Now back to rereading Bernanos’ “Diary of a Country Priest” in paperback.
I wrote it on my iPhone! I have “The Professor’s House”.
Thank you! ;)
:)
Well said, sir! But now where to fit the Substack-reading habit?
The irony is that without my phone I couldn't have discovered such content....a messed up paradox
I know I need to put my cellphone down to open up more time to read classic literature and to write my poems and essays. It’s important to stay connected to our friends but it’s also important to stay connected to the underpinnings of our culture.
Three cheers to literature! One of, if not the, best way to develop a rich inner life.
I agree, but real books on paper are best. What is the illustration?
Paradise Lost - Fall of Lucifer
Thank you. I thought it was Lucifer but wondered if it was an AI product 😉
Gustave Dore