COOL FOR CATS

Dear Alice, Short of time at the moment due to a lot of work arriving on my desk in much the same way London buses have a habit of turning up – but I always have time for you… though I will need to be brief. Last week Teacher Mum and I went to the opening night of Cats at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre in Star City. It was much more acrobatic than the last version we saw, but equally enjoyable nonetheless. We...

PLAYING THE GAME

Salut ma fille belle. Comment êtes-vous? This week Tristan (Mr10) stepped up a notch in his quest for sporting supremacy. Firstly, on Monday as the last EPL highlights show of the season was about to begin, he confided in me that he now really likes watching football not just playing it. This weekend both his club and school sides won important games and he has since dragged me up to Melwood Oval twice now (in full...

TRUE

Dear Alice, Last weekend following dinner at an authentic Chinese restaurant in China town, Teacher Mum and I relived our youth at the Sydney Entertainment Centre by watching Spandau Ballet in concert. It was a highly significant event for us as this was the band we saw on our first ‘real’ date back in 1982. Despite only recently returning from skiing in Italy where we’d met, it was already becoming clear to...