Sometimes something just turns up without warning, punches you in the gut and has you reaching for the Kleenex. Such a thing is Lost Boys and Fairies, the three-part prime time BBC drama about a ...
https://perkingthepansies.com/2024/06/15/lost-boys-and-fairies/
Back in the seventies, catalogue shopping was all the rage and buy now, pay later was my old Mum’s mantra. The entire family was kitted out on the never–never, all for a few shillings a week ...
Affectionately known as ‘The Glums’, the spectacular musical ‘Les Misérables’ has been a London fixture for nearly forty years. I’ve seen the West End production twice. I also bought t...
https://perkingthepansies.com/2024/04/13/les-miserables-not-glum-at-all/
Drama and performance can really help young minds build important life skills like confidence, comradeship, communication, cooperation and commitment – and loads of other vital ‘c’s too. Bu...
https://perkingthepansies.com/2024/02/24/beauty-and-the-beast/
During Twixmas, one of our many nephews asked his long-term partner to marry him. His proposal was made at a surprise engagement do in London. Was he wise or foolhardy to drop to one knee in fron...
https://perkingthepansies.com/2024/01/06/new-year-new-life-new-hope/