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Book Review | Vic Keegan’s Lost London 2

08/06/2024 donbrown 0

A coffee in the Onion Garden with the inestimable Vic Keegan – journalist, oenologist, poet and historian of London. His ‘Lost London’ column ran weekly […]

Recent Reading – books about Winston Churchill

19/03/2022 donbrown 0

I’m about to start several tours for (mainly) Americans who are following in the footsteps of Winston Churchill. We’ll be doing Chartwell, Blenheim, Bletchley Park, […]

2021 – the StuffAboutLondon year in review

21/12/2021 donbrown 0

Thanks very much for following the blog this year, and for coming on the virtual tours (and the handful of real life walks) that have […]

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Theatre Review – Matthew Bourne’s ‘The Red Shoes’

12/02/2020 donbrown 0

This review appeared on the Essential Surrey website in February 2020. I’m in serious danger of becoming a fanboy for Matthew Bourne’s ‘New Adventures’ company. […]

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Theatre Review: The Matchbox

05/02/2020 donbrown 0

This review from Essentially Surrey is from September 2019 and the production at Clapham Omnibus. Angela Marray gives a bravura performance in Frank McGuiness’s emotionally […]

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Theatre Review: Blood Wedding (Omnibus Theatre, Clapham)

05/02/2020 donbrown 0

This review is from Essentially Surrey in September 2018 and is about the Clapham Omnibus production. Lorca’s 1932 tragedy has been reimagined in an exceptional new […]

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Theatre Review: The Seagull

05/02/2020 donbrown 0

This review was originally published on the Essentially Surrey website in November 2018. Konstantin wants to be a writer, but his work is ridiculed by […]

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Theatre Review: Spring Offensive

24/10/2017 donbrown 0

This review dates from April 2017 and is the Clapham Omnibus production. It first appeared on the Essential Surrey website. April runs a guesthouse on […]

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Theatre Review: Don Giovanni

24/10/2017 donbrown 0

This review dates from November 2016 and refers to the Glyndebourne Company’s production at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking. It first appeared on the Essential […]

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Theatre Review: A Room With a View

24/10/2017 donbrown 0

This review dates from October 2016. The production was seen at the Richmond Theatre. A Room With a View is a visually interesting, but wordy […]