Monthly Archives: April 2021
Mayday! Mayday! May Day Market Mayhem!
The RB Morris Dancing Ensemble, Dunny-On-The-Wold May Day 2009, Best in Show. “I’ll try anything once except Morris Dancing and incest…” So said the conductor, impresario and legendary sh*gger Sir Thomas Beecham. A quote that has provided his name with a longer legacy than either his musical or his sexual endeavours. So, this month, we shan’t be discussing incest (much) but we will, briefly, be discussing Morris Dancing. We shall
‘ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE…’
‘ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE…’ So sang Eric Idle’s Barrabas to Graham Chapman’s Messiah, Brian as they dangled helplessly on their crucifixes. Did Barrabas know about the resurrection? That after death there would be life, that after the darkness comes the light? Well, who knows, and indeed who cares? But as we head toward the Easter weekend, perhaps we should linger a while on matters dogmatic and