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In Canary Warf, East London between 22 to 24 Dec 2016 between 11:00 to 17:00 kids can visit Santa’s Grotto (there is a £2 donation but this goes to charity 🙂 and is much cheaper than some rip-off Grottos that either have been sold out or are way overpriced. There are FREE Art and Craft... Read More »
Go to Covent Garden’s Market and opposite the Apple store, in the corner you will find Santa and his elves and thee Grotto made out of thousands of Lego bricks. Last Sunday (Dec 19/2016) staff were giving 1 free pack of Lego Creator (6-12) to build your own Lego bricks Reindeer (Model.30474) to each child... Read More »
As this is Æsir Books I thought it was time to have a go at describing the Aesir. In Norse mythology there was originally two groups of gods. There was the Aesir and the Vanir. After the Æsir-Vanir war these two groups unified to become one pantheon. The Æsir were formed by the sons of... Read More »
When thinking of composers the usual names come up, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Schumann, Mendelssohn. One has to think a bit harder to get the names of female composers. There are those that have lived in the shadow of their brothers or husbands, Fanny Mendelssohn (sister of Felix Mendelssohn), Clara Schumann (wife of Robert Shcumann). On... Read More »
I’m sure everyone has seen this clip from The Wizard of Oz many times. I can remember it being on every christmas when I was a child. There is just something about it though. A perfect moment captured on film. A classic moment in the history of cinematography. For me the song has to be... Read More »
Young Frankenstein is one of those films that remains funny regardless of how many times you’ve watched it. A great cast and Mel Brooks at his best. He can make the same joke several times and it still gets a laugh. Such a scene is the one when they first meet Frau Blücher(Cloris Leachman). Every... Read More »
Star Trek is one of those things that I’ve grown up with. A famous optimistic 1960’s view of the future. All races and species living together (well apart from the Klingons and the Romulans) under the Federation. Kirk baring his chest and getting the green alien girl. It was always Spock that interested me the... Read More »
Anyone who loves animation loves The Jungle Book. Great animation, great music, great everything. Disney at their best back in 1967. You could say that this was the end of an era as Walt died during its production. It may not be thick on plot, it may have lost a lot of the book, but... Read More »
Sanjuro was the sequel to Yojimbo. Both star the iconic actor Toshiro Mifune as the Ronin (samurai without a lord or master). Mifune comes to the aid of nine young samurai who mistakenly believe that the lord chamberlain, Mutsuta is corrupt, after tearing down their petition against organised crime. One of them tells the superintendent,... Read More »
It was after watching Bettany Hugh’s program about Atlantis (BBC 2010) that I first came across the Assyriologist Irving Finkel. His enthusiasm and belief in Gilgamesh was the perfect match for Hugh’s belief that Thera (Santorini) was the place that Plato had been writing about. With his flowing grey beard he certainly looked the part.... Read More »
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