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Movement on the Nanolevel is the Future of Science, says Nobel Prize Winner Ben Feringa
Bratislava, 9 September 2019: Today the world-renowned chemist Ben Lucas Feringa, the creator of the molecular nanocar, received the Grand Gold Medal of Comenius University in Bratislava. Feringa, who is a professor at the University of Groningen, is visiting Slovakia on the occasion of the 71st Congress of Slovak and Czech Chemists, which is being held in Starý Smokovec.
By: CU Public Relations Office
Ben Feringa is a specialist in molecular nanotechnology. In 2016 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Professor Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Sir J. Fraser Stoddart for the design and synthesis of molecular machines. This most prestigious award was recognition of their work in the design of the structure and synthesis of controlled-motion molecules that can perform certain tasks when they are supplied with energy and in the development of molecular machines.
The almost fifty years that Ben Feringa has spent in the field have been influenced by many aspects of organic chemistry. "At the same time, he often feels like a little boy playing with Lego, but at the nanolevel, building wonderful molecules and materials from molecular components, including the medicines of the future," said Peter Fedor, the dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Comenius University, which proposed this award.
"In the chemical sciences, research across the borders of what is known provides an immense and unexplored area for experiencing joy from discovery," says Feringa. "In recent decades, chemists have had exceptional success in building miniature objects, essentially molecules. The shift from molecules to dynamic molecular systems is a fundamental challenge in controlling and purposefully using movement on the nanolevel," he continued. At Comenius University, Professor Feringa spoke about the future of science, which will include nanorobots. "The best way to predict the future is to create it," he said.
Originally, Feringa focused on asymmetric synthesis, which is a means of preparing compounds in a specific geometric form. "This is important, for instance, in the case of manufacturing medicines, given that the effects of medicines can differ from the geometric form where they are located," said Professor Radovan Šebesta, an organic chemist at Comenius University. His team has been working with Professor Feringa in developing new methods of asymmetric catalysis.
Subsequently Feringa's research progressed towards photochemistry as well as molecular switches and motors. Molecular switches are molecules which are capable of reacting to an external stimulus, for instance, by changing their form as a result of the effects of light. This led to the construction of the molecular nanocar, which is a vehicle constructed from a single molecule and which is capable of movement in a certain direction. "The discoveries by Ben Feringa are important for the effective preparation of medicines and the development of smart medicine, reactive materials, and the construction of soft robots," Professor Šebesta added.
The application of these discoveries is very widespread and is particularly relevant in medicine. There is a focus on the targeted and very specific effect of drugs at a particular time and place in the body. Another area of application is in advanced materials that will be able to change their properties or respond to certain external stimuli.
"The point of science is to look for answers, find a better and more healthy life, and make everyday activities easier. The work Professor Feringa has done is specifically about these issues. Science needs to have a practical application outside of the laboratory, and it should not just remain in it," said Comenius University rector Marek Števček. "Our university undertakes scientific endeavour on a level which is respected in Europe. And proof of this is the work of our academics with those in Ben Feringa's team," he added.
On 10 September, Feringa will receive the Gold Medal of the Slovak Chemical Society based at the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
Professor Feringa has been invited to Slovakia by the Slovak Chemical Society. His visit is also supported by Comenius University in Bratislava, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Slovakia, and the ESET Foundation as a part of ESET Science Award.
More photographs of this event can be seen on the CU Facebook page.
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Best and worst coaching decisions - Week 9
Scott Roussel
Contrary to what many people think, advanced analytics are for more than just 4th down decisions.
This week we'll look at one of the many alternate use-cases: an analysis of play execution on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd downs, through the first half of the season. On 1st and 2nd downs the traditional baseline metric for team comparisons is yards/attempt and on 3rd downs the metric is based on conversion percentage. These metrics are then overlayed with win probability gains/losses. The result is a more complete picture of actual team efficiencies.
The charts below are grouped by Offense and Defense and then by down. The horizontal axis indicates team. The light gray bars and left vertical axis, together illustrate the appropriate baseline metric. And the light blue line with shaded areas, the percentage labels, and the right vertical axis, together indicate win probability gains/losses. And the chart values are sorted by the baseline metric.
Using the Tampa Bay offense as an example of how to read these charts, a quick glance shows us that traditional metrics (i.e., yards/attempt and conversion pct) can be misleading. For example, on 1st downs despite having the 5th highest overall yards/attempt number (5.9 yards/attempt, including all runs and passes), TB is tied for the league's lowest win probability number. More specifically, on 1st downs the Bucs' play execution has, on average, cost them -3% in win probability per game. Luckily for them, they've been able to offset this loss with good win probability gains on 2nd downs (+6%) and on 3rd downs (+6%).
For TB, the next logical step is a deeper analysis of their 1st downs (i.e., by play type, field position, quarter, score differential, etc.) but that's for another column.
On defense, on 1st downs the Vikings play execution has cost them, on average, -9% in win probability per game. However, like the Bucs offense, the Vikings defense has offset that loss with good win probability gains on 2nd downs (+9%) and on 3rd downs (+10%). Again, the next logical step being a deeper team-specific dive.
The point here is that the first step to capitalizing on (or fixing) any execution issue(s) is having a process in place to correctly identify them (i.e., with advanced analytics). Every team has a unique set of strengths and weaknesses, which stands to reason because all teams are different. Effectively leveraging analytics is about focusing on what matters for your team. To do that you need to understand decision-making AND play execution in the context of their impacts on win probability.
For a more in-depth explanation of these analyses please contact me at ajones@edjvarsity.com. And for more information about how coaches in the NFL, NCAA and High School levels are using our analytics to coach with confidence, visit www.edjvarsity.com.
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Medic or not, Dr Bawa-Garba's case affects us all
15 August 2018 Samantha Wathen Fight racism and defend migrants, Good News, Junior Doctors, Legal 0
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On Monday 13 August, after a battle that has lasted nearly three years, the court of appeal ruled that the decision to strike Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba from the medical register should be overturned.
Furthermore, the government have now announced that the General Medical Council (GMC) should not retain the right to overturn decisions of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal as it did in this case to the dismay of many working in the NHS.
Team Hadiza who ensured that this appeal took place released their statement welcoming the ruling. One of the team, Dr Chris Day, who himself has won significant victories in defending the whistleblowing protection for junior doctors, said simply: 'We are very happy and so is Hadiza'.
Back in March Keep Our NHS Public reported on the ongoing case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba ('GMC must not deny doctors a fair hearing') and how she had been struck off the medical register by the GMC following the tragic death of Jack Adcock, a six-year-old boy in her care. KONP welcomes this verdict to reinstate Dr Bawa-Garba's licence to practice. There are indeed lessons to be learned here, but most are for the government as it was ultimately their continuing failure to provide a safe and functioning system that led to Jack's untimely death.
On February 18 2011 Jack Adcock was admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary suffering from gastroenteritis and difficulty breathing. Sadly, Jack Adcock died later that night from a cardiac arrest as a result of sepsis. In November 2015 Paediatrician Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence and given a two-year suspended sentence following the patient's "needless" death.
'There but for the grace of god go I…'
Dr Bawa-Garba has acknowledged from the start that she made mistakes in Jack's care. However, when viewed in context it is easy to understand why. Virtually every doctor in the land was shocked at the conviction leading them to express the sentiment: 'There but for the grace of God go I'.
This case has provoked outcry within, and solidarity amongst, the medical profession generally. This is not an isolated case of individual medical negligence (indeed Dr Bawa-Garba had a previously unblemished record), but rather it signalled serious and endemic issues potentially facing all clinicians in the NHS which must be addressed to ensure that these tragic events are not repeated.
A Scapegoat for NHS neglect
An investigation at Leicester Royal Infirmary as a result of this case has confirmed serious systemic failings, reporting 23 recommendations and 79 actions that must be undertaken. Serious issues therefore already existed but were brought into sharp focus through the fate of one doctor and a nurse working in the hospital. Staff at Leicester Royal Infirmary assert that there were regularly serious staffing issues and they were sometimes fearful of working due to what may occur in a difficult environment. [BBC Panorama, 13thAugust 2018]
Dr Bawa-Garba had just returned from 13 months maternity leave, had received no trust induction and that day was the only member of staff in charge of the Emergency Department and Acute Children's Assessment Unit (CAU) as there was no senior consultant available. Dr Bawa-Garba was doing the work of three doctors including her own duties all day and, in the afternoon, the work of four. The issue of dangerous rota gaps is one that is frequently raised. There are 10,000 doctor vacancies in the NHS. There is a recruitment and retention crisis, particularly in emergency medicine and tragedies will sadly occur as a result. These situations put healthcare professionals in a precarious position in hospitals every day and yet the government has done very little to address the problem.
Neither Dr Bawa-Garba (due to a crash bleep) nor the consultant (due to rota) were able to attend morning handover, familiarise themselves with departmental patient load and plan the day's work. Dr Bawa-Garba, a trainee paediatrician, who had not undergone Trust induction, was looking after six wards spanning 4 floors, undertaking paediatric input to two surgical wards, giving advice to midwives and taking GP calls.
Working under her were two juniors who had only been rotated onto paediatrics that month. This was also a day where there were IT system failures throughout the hospital, delaying test results and requiring manual interventions by staff which took up a considerable amount of their already stretched time. The flag system for abnormal results remained down throughout which had a direct impact on Jack's care.
In June of last year Dr Bawa-Garba was suspended from working for 12 months by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS). It rejected an application from the GMC to strike her off the register, saying: "In the circumstances of this case, balancing the mitigating and aggravating factors, the tribunal concluded that erasure would be disproportionate."
However, on 8th December last year the GMC took the unusual step of appealing this decision and in January Dr Bawa-Garba's licence to practice medicine was removed.
Pressures in nursing
Nurse staffing was similarly low, and Jack was assigned an agency nurse with a specialism in adult medicine. In November 2015 the nurse involved, Isabel Amaro was also sentenced by the courts and given a two-year suspended jail sentence for manslaughter on the grounds of gross negligence
Nurse Amaro was struck off the nursing register in August 2016 for a period of five years. She had worked for 17 years with feedback attesting to a high level of performance and was helping out CAU in a crisis. Due to a five-year public sector pay cap, challenging working conditions and the removal of the nursing bursary by this government, there are currently 40,000 nurse vacancies. The NHS is now heavily reliant on agencies at significant cost. Staff members are employed, sometimes in inappropriate disciplines where they have no knowledge of the workings of individual departments or the team with whom they are employed. It is therefore inevitable that some mistakes will occur and the potential of being set up to fail as a member of staff is all too likely.
#IamHadiza
Following the GMC's decision and the accompanying fallout from this case, junior doctors and consultants throughout the NHS joined together to express their support for Dr Bawa-Garba. Thousands signed a public petition and letter of support and donated over £360,000 to crowdfund an appeal against the GMC ruling that Dr Bawa-Garba be struck off.
On social media many doctors used the hashtag #IamHadiza to express solidarity with her situation. It was clear to them that it could have been any one of them. The outcry was significant and it seemed to demonstrate the inner vulnerability that was felt throughout the profession and provided an outlet in which to express it. The generosity (both in public support and in finances), shown to a stranger demonstrates both how this case touched a nerve, and the deeply held desire to try and improve working conditions for the good of both doctor and patient.
The impact on reflective practice
Scapegoating this doctor for the failings in a system caused by sustained underfunding and NHS neglect is deeply concerning as it massively depletes doctors' confidence to practice. Whilst individuals continue to take the fall for the government's mismanagement, patient safety will not improve, and the talent that we have will slowly but surely be lost to other countries where the ability to practice medicine is not constrained by unsafe working conditions. That is why dealing with this case openly and challenging its ruling was so important.
Ironically patients are arguably less safe today than they were before this case as the process of reflective practice has been undermined. Dr Bawa-Garba's personal notes were used against her in seeking to remove her licence and as a result many in the profession will be far less likely to commit their true thoughts to paper for fear of retribution. It will therefore be much harder for others to learn from their mistakes. Undermining this vital process is a risky business and it is debatable how much trust doctors will put in this practice going forward.
'Learn not blame'
This case has understandably struck a chord with medical professionals throughout the NHS, yet it is not only doctors and nurses who should be deeply concerned about its implications. Scapegoating a single doctor and nurse for the sustained and significant issues of underfunding and understaffing means that the root causes of such tragic events will continue to go largely unaddressed. With the year-on-year ever-deepening crisis within our NHS, the potential for this situation to be replicated becomes ever more likely. Unless the GMC and government learn the lessons from this sad and wrongful case, both patients and NHS staff will sadly continue to pay for this dangerous government agenda – some with their careers, and others with their lives. We must remember Jack Adcock and the painful grief of his parents. The lasting testimony to them would be an NHS with safe staffing levels, fully funded services and an embedded culture of learning not blame.
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Penn State Football: McSorley Working On Chemistry This Spring With New Targets
by Ben Jones on April 06, 2018 1:45 PM
It stands to reason that this time of year can be a bit tedious for veteran players. Spring practice is helpful for knocking off the rust, but it's not like guys like Trace McSorley haven't seen it all before.
Add in limited reps, as coaches look to avoid any major injuries to a major player, and spring ball has a lot of standing around and watching. A lot of just waiting for the actual games to get here.
To be certain there is value to be found in the practices leading up to the Blue White game. McSorley and company can coach younger players, offering up advice and tips they've picked up along the way. If nothing else it's something to do.
This spring is no different. McSorley can been seen taking it all in, watching fellow quarterback Sean Clifford take snaps, running the offense for entire portions of practice.
For McSorley though there is also the matter of chemistry with a host of new receivers and tight ends on the other end of his passes this season. That means plenty of work after practice to work on timing, and understanding what his new targets can and cannot do. Not every tight end can pull off the leaping catches like Mike Gesicki. Not every receiver runs routes like DaeSean Hamilton.
"Mike is different from Danny," McSorley said after practice on Wednesday. "Or any of the other tight ends (or receivers) that we've got. DaeSean is different from KJ and Saeed is different from Polk. So it's adjusting to guys, so you've got to build chemistry and kind of start from scratch with these guys."
Of course this hasn't been an issue for McSorley in pass who threw completions to 14 different players in 2018. And it stands to reason that under new offensive coordinator Ricky Rahne, McSorley will continue to spread the love, especially in a post-Saquon Barkley era.
The good thing for Penn State's offense, it's not like Rahne is the new guy on the block.
"It has been a real seamless transition," McSorley said of Rahne. "Obviously we had him for the bowl practices which was good and helped me and Tommy, and a lot of the other quarterbacks and really a lot of the other guys on our offense since he has been here this entire time. Maybe not necessarily as our position coach but as our coordinator, he's been a coach for us."
"He knows everyone on this offense and what guys thrive in, what positions they are and what situations where some guys might need to get a little bit better. Every day he comes out, he's extremely competitive, he wants us to win every single rep and he's going to push us to be as good as we can be."
Fraternity Councils Statewide Support Corman's Anti-Hazing Legislation
by Elissa Hill
Interfraternity councils from across Pennsylvania penned a joint letter to state legislators on Thursday in support of the proposed "Timothy J. Piazza Antihazing Law" introduced two weeks ago by Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman as he stood alongside Tim Piazza's parents.
Seven councils are signed on to the letter, including Penn State's Interfraternity Co


UPDATE: As of 11/14/2014, HISD is officially moving forward on plans for an Arabic immersion magnet school. The Houston Chronicle has more.
HISD is well-established as a hotspot for excellent programs in world languages. A combined total of 11 languages are offered in HISD schools, starting as early as PreK in some schools. In addition to language magnets like Bellaire High and Kolter Elementary, HISD also has a number of English-Spanish dual language programs and a highly sought-after immersion program in Mandarin Chinese.
Now, the school board is considering a new magnet program that would even further improve HISD's language offerings – an elementary school immersion program in Modern Standard Arabic. If approved, the program will open in fall 2015. The school board will vote on the prospective program and come to a final decision in their upcoming meeting on November 13.
Arabic is already offered in some HISD schools, notably Bellaire, but an Arabic immersion program would potentially allow for more advanced curricula, and it would certainly create a more optimal language-learning environment. As Arabic is one of the most difficult languages for native English speakers to learn, and the ease of acquiring a second language has been shown to decrease with a person's age, an immersion program at the elementary level could give its students a considerable advantage over peers who don't start Arabic until high school or college.
If approved, HISD's Arabic immersion program will be one of just a handful in the country. With the exception of dual language programs in Spanish, which are becoming increasingly common, language immersion programs are relatively rare in American schools. Most K-12 students nationwide have access to immersion-model language learning only through STARTALK, a selective and short summer program administered by the federal government.
District officials have stated several reasons that an Arabic immersion program is worth pursuing. Firstly, it will help to meet the needs of the student population. After English, Arabic is the second most common language spoken at home by HISD students [when all regional and national variants of Arabic are counted together as one language]. A language immersion program would help students from Arabic-speaking households retain their proficiency in Arabic as well as English, allowing them to maintain deeper ties to their culture and heritage.
Secondly, such a program would be a long-term investment for the city of Houston as it maintains its position as "one of the world's leading energy capitals," to quote HISD Superintendent Terry Grier. Because of the city's importance in the oil industry and its resulting economic ties with oil-rich Arabic-speaking nations in the Middle East, proficiency in Arabic is a relevant and sought-after skill in Houston.
The potential long-term increase in Arabic-proficient Houstonians from the proposed program has been touted by district officials as a benefit to the city, but of course, it would also benefit the individual students involved. Arabic is a highly marketable skill, not only in Houston's petroleum industry, but also for a variety of positions within the Department of State and the Department of Defense. A child who acquires and maintains proficiency in Arabic will have no shortage of career opportunities as an adult.


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The UAE boasts a diverse, thriving economy that includes a booming tourist industry attracting interest and investment from all around the world.
As a highly industrialised nation, the UAE boasts one of the most developed economies on the planet. Reflected in its GDP per capita, ranking 5th in the world.
In recent years Dubai has stunned the world with its wonders.
Burj al-Arab is the icon of Dubai and the most popular landmark for tourism. Known as "the Sail" Burj al-Arab is the first and the only 7-star hotel and the most luxurious on in the world, refinished in gold, where you can enjoy the most expensive drink on the globe with its price of 27,321AED, served with gold cups.
Burj al-Arab, 27 floors and 321 meters high, is one of the tallest hotels in the world, inaugurated on the tenth day of the third millennium. The cost of construction has been never revealed. During the night, the outside lights change color every 30 minutes, providing a stunning show.
4 January 2010 was a memorable date for Dubai. The opening of Burj Khalifa was meant to be unforgettable. It turned out to be one of those nights that would go down in the history of this nation as a grand testimony of the spirit of unity in the UAE.
By renaming the Burj, the most prominent milestone in Dubai's long list of achievements, after President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, reminded the world, and the residents of the UAE, of the basis on which this country was founded – seven emirates, but only one people.
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Angela Deem Fears Usman Will Turn Michael Against Her!
Even though Angela Deem thinks that she's the star of 90 Day Fiance, Happily Ever After? is an ensemble show.
In fact, during the Tell All Part 3, part of the drama that unfolded was pretty far removed from Angela. Physically, at least.
Michael, her husband, participated in the special remotely. From Nigeria. And so did Usman. They were practically next door as they filmed.
Angela has despised Usman for years. And she lamented that she doesn't "trust" her husband to spend time around her enemy.
To put all of this in order, we should note that Angela Deem and Usman "Sojaboy" Umar aren't always at odds.
During the Tell All, and despite a heated fight that took place before Angela even sat down (she did start it though), Usman showed her some support.
She had expressed her heartbreak over Michael Ilesanmi cheating over Instagram.
Michael did not respond well, trying to reassure Angela that "it's okay."
While Angela's abusive behavior has been a horror to behold, the correct thing to do is to break up — not to cheat. So no, it's not okay.
Usman said as much. He also added that Michael should simply be saying "sorry," not trying to minimize what he had done.
Obviously, Angela doesn't need anyone to speak up on her behalf. If anything, her victims need advocates.
(Yes, we mean literal victims. For years, viewers have watched with horror as she verbally and emotionally abuses Michael. This season, we saw her lay hands on him. Michael is a victim and he needs help)
Naturally, she did plenty of angry yelling at Michael, not merely at Usman and Yara. But she is not the only cast member.
Kimberly Menzies detailed her breakup from Usman. She was the one who removed her engagement ring.
Despite their ugly split — and all of the hurt that came with it — the two are still friends. Kimberly is open to a friends-with-benefits arrangement, even.
This is important because it is what Kimberly and Usman discussed at length. Usman, of course, was participating remotely.
Towards the end of Part 3 of the Season 7 Tell All special, Shaun Robinson asked Michael if he could still hear them.
The storm where he was had become audible, to the cast and (thanks to a choice by editors) to viewers.
And people noticed that they could also hear the storm from Usman's screen. Nigeria is not a small country. Were they both under the same storm?
This is when Angela declared her suspicion — that Michael and Usman were in the same hotel.
(Most remote Tell All participants record in a studio of some kind, including a hotel room, rather than at home. Confessionals work similarly)
Angela immediately asserted that the two should not "hang out" under any circumstances.
Angela added that she has every right to control her husband in this manner. She told Usman that this is because "I'm f–king him, not you."
Conflict erupted, with Usman yelling at Angela.
She then took things a step further, insisting that Michael would "whip your ass if he wants to stay married." Charming.
The Tell All took a break … but the cameras kept rolling. Angela then got on the phone with Michael, demanding that he take off his mic.
Michael protested that he and Usman were in different, albeit nearby, buildings. Angela still expressed her anger.
She admonished her husband to stop making "excuses." Apparently, even interacting with his castmate violates her idea of how much control she should have over him.
Michael decided to try to make peace with his wife's enemy.
"I just want peace today between us and I just need to straighten things out with Usman," he explained.
So he walked over to the room where Usman was filming. We won't see that interaction play out until the fourth and final installment of the Season 7 Tell All airs on Sunday.
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A Portrait of Loyalty by Roseanna M. White Review
The Codebreakers #3
September 8th 2020, 272 Pages, Bethany House
Print E-book and Audio
Setting: London, 1918
Zivon Marin was one of Russia's top cryptographers, until the October Revolution tore apart his world. Forced to flee after speaking out against Lenin and separated from his brother along the way, he arrives in England driven by a growing anger and determined to offer his services to the Brits.
Lily Blackwell sees the world best through the lens of a camera--and possesses unsurpassed skill when it comes to retouching and recreating photographs. With her father's connections in propaganda, she's recruited to the intelligence division, even though her mother would disapprove.
After Captain Blackwell invites Zivon to dinner one evening, a friendship blooms between him and Lily. He sees patterns in what she deems chaos; she sees beauty in a world he thought destroyed. But both have secrets they're unwilling to share. When her photographs reveal that someone has been following Zivon, his loyalties are called into question--and his enemies are discovered to be far closer than he'd feared.
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
This novel was an excellent conclusion to the Codebreakers Series. One of my favourite things about Roseanna M. White books is how she weaves little known historical details and events into her story, whilst peopling them with colourful and realistic characters.
A Portrait of Loyalty is no exception, featuring Russian political refugees in the closing months of WW1. Not all however, are as they seem. Some are secretly Bolsheviks in disguise pursuing their own agenda.
Romance and family drama features into the story, but neither really detracts from the narrative, nor are the faith messages heavy handed. That's another thing I appreciate, actually, is how the religious traditions of the various characters are authentic and treated respectfully. Russian Orthodox come over as Russian Orthodox, not American Evangelicals with Russian accents, as in case with some novels.
Overall, a great conclusion to the trilogy, with some cameos from characters old and new.
Thanks to Bethany House for enabling me to read this title via Netgalley. All opinions expressed are my own and I was not required to write a positive review
Labels: 2020 Releases, Edwardian, Rating: 4 Stars, Roseanna M. White, WW1
Beauty Among Ruins by J'Nell Ciesielski: Audiobook Review
Published January 12th 2021 by Thomas Nelson
Period: WW1
Setting: Scottish Highlands
In Ciesielski's latest sweeping romance, an American heiress finds herself in Scotland amid the fallout of the Great War, and a wounded Scottish laird comes face-to-face with his past and a woman he never could have expected.
American socialite Lily Durham is known for enjoying one moment to the next, with little regard for the consequences of her actions. But just as she is banished overseas to England as a "cure" for her frivolous ways, the Great War breaks out and wreaks havoc. She joins her cousin in nursing the wounded at a convalescent home deep in the wilds of Scotland at a crumbling castle where its laird is less than welcoming.
Alec MacGregor has given his entire life to preserving his home of Kinclavoch Castle, but mounting debts force him to sell off his family history bit by bit. Labeled a coward for not joining his countrymen in the trenches due to an old injury, he opens his home to the Tommies to make recompense while he keeps to the shadows. But his preference for the shadows is shattered when a new American nurse comes streaming into the castle on a burst of light.
Lily and Alec are thrown together when a series of mysterious events threatens to ruin the future of Kinclavoch. Can they put aside their differences to find the culprit before it's too late, or will their greatest distraction be falling in love?
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
I enjoyed this title, but I wasn't entirely keen on the narrator. Her accent sometimes fluctuated between something that sounded more like Pakistani or Jamaican than English or Scottish.
Alex, Lily, and their supporting characters were excellent, even Matron proved not to be such a dragon at the end. I can identify with Lily being a little clumsy, getting lost and making mistakes involving her being made to do menial tasks all the time.
I did also appreciate the vague nods to various classic movies and novels in certain details. The geographical setting was realistic and well used too. I don't think there were any wild boars in Britain in 1915 though. Not even in the Highlands. They became extinct in the 1500s and weren't reintroduced until the 1950s.
I did spot a few Americanisms coming from the British characters, and I dunno, I why do all Scottish characters have to be these extreme nationalists? The English and Scottish actually have more in common that Americans like to admit.
An enjoyable historical novel which was little more lighthearted than some of the author's other offerings where the characters are on the front line of the war, or caught up in international intrigues.
Thanks to Thomas Nelson for approving my request for this audiobook. I was not required to write a positive review.
Labels: audiobook review, audiobooks, Country: Scotland/ Britain, Historical Fiction, Rating: 3 Stars, WW1
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July 4, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
The machine shown below was used to thaw front axles, among other things I'm sure. It was published in the January 1947 issue of Popular Mechanics.
July 3, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
Using the fording kit, a jeep could operate for more than 15 minutes while under a foot or more of water. It was published in the January 1947 issue of Popular Mechanics.
This December 1943 article from Popular Mechanics highlighted an early attempt at a water proof jeep. In this case it was accompanied by a waterproof trailer.
June 24, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
The January 1950 issue of Popular Mechanics featured a story about airline pilot Heath Proctor and his trip by CJ-2A along the Old Santa Fe Trail. I've included a few pics below. I'm not sure what's on the front bumper? Are those push bumpers?
Here's a link to the entire story online: https://books.google.com/books?id=vtgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false (Page 88).
April 11, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
This photo and caption were published in the February 1945 issue of Popular Mechanics.
April 8, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
This photo and caption shows an armored jeep in the March 1945 issue of Popular Mechanics.
April 6, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
On page 41 of the April 1945 issue of Popular Mechanics is this photo and caption. Curiously, it doesn't appear the jeep has lights; it looks more like the jeep was partly illustrated.
February 16, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
A July 1943 Popular Mechanics article looks at young men training for war and, in part, how the jeep plays a useful role.
February 14, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine • TAGS: Hubs, Popular-Mechanics.
This is the earliest use of jeep hubs as winches that I can remember documenting. It was publishing in the July 1943 issue of Popular Mechanics. The McCain hub was a similar, much later idea.
June 13, 2015 • CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Features, Magazine, Models, toys, Wood bodies • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
UPDATE: Harry Warholak's father built a Sidewalk Jeep from the plans in Popular Mechanics when he was a kid in Detroit. Ten years ago he restored it. It spent a year at the Chrysler Museum. Now he's interested in selling it. You can contact him at 586-996-4103 if interested. He's located in Georgia.
PREVIOUS POST (February 2013): This kids jeep design was published in the January, 1948, issue of Popular Mechanics and available for free at Google. It is powered by an electronic motor. It looks as difficult to build than a standard jeep! The notes added to this particular issue are interesting, too. The top note appears to reference a 1949 Christmas Handbook that might also include these drawings.
July 28, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, International, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
This photograph is part of a Popular Mechanics article from October, 1959. The article highlights the success American car manufacturers were having by producing cars in the San Paulo region, which the writer describes as the 'Chicago' of South America.
Lined-up Jeeps await delivery outside the Willys-Overland of Brazil factory at Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo's industrial suburb. This expanding plant will soon be producing 250 Jeeps, cars and station wagons per day.
April 27, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine, Ordnance - Remanufactureing, Sedan-jeep • TAGS: IBT Roundup, Odd Body, Popular-Mechanics.
This post was originally published Nov 20, 2013. It shows a jeep that was altered into sedan.
The May 1945 issue of Popular Mechanics published this little blurb about the 8th Air Force Bomber Station's effort to transform a jeep into a sedan using only salvaged materials.
February 22, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
This August 1957 article in Popular Mechanics shares the story of these water hunters who travel the southwest in a jeep truck. The article is available at Google Books. Or, you can search for an issue on eBay .
February 21, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Features, toys • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
Plans for this sidewalk jeep were posted on eBay for sale. Originally published in the March 1948 issue of POPULAR MECHANICS , the plans are also available for free at Google Books.
February 17, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
Steve shared this photo and article from the August 1946 issue of Popular Mechanics, PG 113. You can see the entire issue at Google books.
November 21, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
The September 1941 issue of Popular Mechanics (pg 3) features this photo of a Ford GP landing on to the ground. The article suggests there was a great deal of excitement over the jeep's possibilities. I've included some of the text from the article (which covers a variety of war vehicles). The write discusses the potential for jeeps, then mentions a four wheeled 'tank' with independent suspension. To me that sounded a lot like the Tucker Combat Car.
November 14, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
Marc pointed out an article in the 1944 issue of Popular Mechanics. I didn't realized it, but this issue has a bunch of jeep-related articles. Some of these you've probably seen.
The largest illustration shows a Ford GPA SEEP pulling a MB Slat Grille (pages 84 and 85). For some reason, the wheels were removed (photographically speaking) from the GPA.
Page 87 shows of a half-sized jeep that utilizes an icebox motor for power. I featured this picture back in April.
Page 71 shares the "Follow Me" paint markings with the world.
Page 6 Describes how jeeps can be used to pull refueling tanks or ambulance cars in a train.
Page 80 shows off the limitless capabilities of the jeep by picturing a soldier cutting wood from a jeep powered buzz saw in Italy.
Page 86 discusses the finer points of dropping a jeep over a cliff, including the installation of a can over the driver's mirror to prevent flashing.
Finally, on page 63 we learn about a "Finishing School for Killers" where soldiers learn how to jump from a jeep while it is traveling at 40mph.
February 10, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, OD Saturn/Warn • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
I was surprised to see this ad for Warn Overdrives in the September, 1965, issue of Popular Mechanics.
February 9, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Features, Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
This short blurb about a fumigator on the back of a jeep was published in the January, 1948, issue of Popular Mechanics and available for free at Google. It doesn't indicate whether this is a custom unit or an aftermarket fumigator available for the jeep. I see no indication it is powered by the jeep; it may be self contained.
February 8, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
A December 1947 article in Popular Mechanics highlights the role support groups play in post-war remote Hollywood movie locations. Included is the below image of a jeep pulling a wagon. The article is pretty interesting.
February 7, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine, Old Images • TAGS: Follow-Me, Popular-Mechanics.
UPDATE: Howard found this photo at warttimepress.com on the front of the October, 23, 1944 issue of Junior Scholastic.
Leo was cleaning up his files and ran across this unusual "Follow Me" Jeep photo. He couldn't remember where he found it, so if you happen to know a source, let me know.
This one appeared at a 2004 Military Jeep Club of Queensland Swap Meet in Australia. This page is full of military jeeps, seeps, and more.
This follow me jeep was posted at 20th century GI. There are more links to different shots of it.
This photo and article was published in the June 1944 issue of Popular Mechanics.
January 5, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine, Old News Articles • TAGS: Desert-Dogs, Fiberglass, Four-Wheeler-Magazine, Parmley, Popular-Mechanics.
As many of you know, I am very curious about the fiberglass aftermarket bodies made for the jeep. While I've seen most models for sale over the years, I have yet to run across Parmley Engineering's fiberglass body, one of the more unique ones ever created.
After wrecking his CJ-5 in the early 1970s, Californian Tom Parmley, a machinist by trade, decided to build himself a better body for his still-good chassis. He wanted the body to legally accommodate wider tires, a dash box with more room, a hood that was lower, and other features. So, he built and tested his dream body with great success. Along the way, he received so much positive feedback that he created a kit so others could easily install a Parmley body on their CJ-5 Chassis.
So far, I have only located two resources that document this body. One is the February 1974 issue of Four Wheeler Magazine, which featured a multi-page article about the new body. Additionally, at least two issues of Four Wheeler Magazine also have ads for the Parmley body kit. The other resource is a June 1975 Popular Mechanics article. The Pop-Mech article also shows off the fiberglass top he invented (at least I assume it is fiberglass).
December 27, 2012 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Magazine • TAGS: Popular-Mechanics.
Here is an early article that highlights the potential for jeeps following the war. You can see the online version at Google Books. I couldn't find an issue for sale on eBay.


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The Sleeping Thousand
Behind the curtain of Adam Maor's first opera
Sébastien Herbecq
26.9 – 1.10.2020
A fantasy-thriller about the psychological toll of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. A hypnotic mix of electronic and Middle-Eastern sonorities. The enchanting lyricism of sung Hebrew. The Sleeping Thousand is Israeli composer Adam Maor's remarkable debut on the international opera scene.
In Israel, a thousand Palestinian prisoners decide to go on hunger strike. The Prime Minister decides to have them sedated while he tries to come up with a solution without drawing the attention of the international community. As time passes, the thousand sleepers begin to infiltrate the dream world of the Israelis, who start suffering from insomnia and nightmares. Only one solution then offers itself: sending an envoy to the parallel world created by the sedated Palestinians.
For his first opera, the Israeli composer Adam Maor presents a singular score: at once fantasy tale, fable, science-fiction story and topical comment. Based on a text by the playwright Yonatan Levy, Maor's opera portrays a fractured society and a political class that fans the flames of division. The work also echoes the composer's life and political engagement: Adam Maor was imprisoned for two years after having refused to do his military service in protest against the Israeli government's political and military actions.
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The Sleeping Thousand reflects the emergence of a new generation of Israeli artists, both socially committed and devoted to experimenting with novel musical forms – in this case, a mix of electronic music, Western contemporary music and traditional Middle Eastern sounds. It is this generation of artists that the European Network of Opera Academies (enoa) and the European Union's Creative Europe programme have decided to encourage by lending their support to this project.
EXTRACTS FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH ADAM MAOR
Adam Maor "Opera is the form that concentrates the most know-how in the combination of text and music. After music, text is the artistic medium to which I am most sensitive. It is the most direct means by which to convey the ideas that interest me. The libretto of my opera refers to a very precise political and cultural situation: a hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israel in 2018. I tried to comment on this situation through the music, but I also tried to explore Yonatan Levy's ideas, going so far as to contradict them, at times. Moreover, a libretto that refers to a very specific situation must attempt to present a more universal dimension. Yonatan's text is highly accomplished in this respect: it evokes a very specific event, which almost reads like a newspaper item, but it ends with a more abstract situation with a wider international resonance. I think it's relevant to pass on this message of warning in Europe, where some frightening political movements have emerged. Let's not forget that our histories are closely intertwined.
This opera is about repression, more specifically about the effects that oppression has on the oppressor – and not on the oppressed, because we never hear the thousand sleepers. On the contrary, the Prime Minister is the character that speaks the most. He loses his mind because he doesn't know what to do with the sleepers. To Yonatan and me, it was vitally important to present the oppressor's point of view. These political issues are the ones that stir up the most emotions in me and that concern me most directly in my life: it would be artificial for me not to talk about them in my music.
Musical fusion
On a stylistic level, my music is closely related to the French school, but electronic music, which I've always found interesting from an aesthetic point of view, is also quite prominent in this opera. What's more, as I had just been released from prison when I began my music studies, I didn't necessarily have the same cultural and technical knowledge as my colleagues. In terms of electronic music, we were on an equal footing.
For the orchestration, I based myself mainly on the strings. Originating in the Middle East, those instruments travelled a very interesting path in that they constituted the foundation of European music. That enabled me to build a bridge between the two cultures. I then took pleasure in thinking about an instrument that would have journeyed in the opposite direction. The accordion, for instance, a European instrument, became a regular feature in Arab orchestras in the course of the twentieth century. One of the main issues in writing this score was finding a suitable role for the orchestra in a work in which the text is the basis. A musician friend told me: 'It's clear to see that the content comes from the voices and that the instruments pick it up and comment on it.' I'm inclined to agree with that.
Regarding the voices, some passages stand out from the rest of the score, for example at the end, when there is a song written in Arabic. That is my way of paying tribute to the great Egyptian songs of the early twentieth century. The preceding scene, during which the character of Nurit is sedated, is presented as a funeral ceremony that borders on the ridiculous. The scene with the cantor, in the middle of the opera, is sung in the kind of declamatory style used in synagogues. As for the Prime Minister, his musical lines express his longing for authority, his authoritarianism, but also and above all his failure to achieve this authority. The head of the secret service, on the other hand, is truly powerful and always expresses himself in short, simple sentences with a controlled rhythm. Choosing Hebrew came naturally since it's my mother tongue. But operas written in Hebrew are rare, so I had to look for references elsewhere. At the time of writing, I was listening to a lot of Koranic recitations, which mesmerised me. I was also inspired by synagogue chants that combine fascinating keys and modes."
Sébastien Herbecq followed violin classes for many years, before enrolling in the Montpellier Conservatory, where he studied lyrical chant in the class of Nicolas Domingues. On top of that, he holds master's degrees in both law and cultural management. From 2017 to 2019, he worked as a dramaturge for the Marseille opera before joining the dramaturgy department of La Monnaie at the start of the 2019-20 season.
So much more than "Casta Diva"
Sesto Quatrini recommends 5 other key numbers of 'Norma'
Heard in movies as diverse as The Iron Lady, 2046 and Avengers: Age of Ultron, "Casta Diva" is one of the most famous arias (more precisely, a cavatina) in operatic history. But there is much more to Norma than this piece alone. The Italian conductor Sesto Quatrini explores five other unforgettable extracts.
August De Boeck
A Brueghelian Brabantine or a cosmopolitan who personally knew Rimsky-Korsakov and James Ensor? A 'provincial musician' or an international composer who indulged in jazz and Poulenc, and whose operas were performed several times at La Monnaie? Learn all about the exceptional composer of the Nocturne.
Barbara Hannigan
Back to 'Lulu' (part II)
One week to go, and with the arrival of the orchestra, the team behind Lulu shifts into top gear. What does the full orchestra pit change for our leading soprano? And how does she prepare for the final sprint after a marathon of five intense weeks of rehearsals?
Reviving Lulu
A 'how to' guide
Bringing a production back to life in an opera house, nine years after its first performance, is only possible through a whole series of small steps, all lined up like dominoes. Stretching from the last closing night to the upcoming opening night, they involve every single part of the show, and therefore every department that worked on the original production.


Six years ago Rick Gunn, 49, left his job as a photo journalist to cycle across the world. He eventually met up with Iranian-born cyclist Mohammad Tajeran, who was also cycling the world, and together they crossed Malaysia as a team.
Ultimately Gunn and Tajeran were both transformed by scenes of war, poverty, and disease along the way. They each began dedicating their journey to the greater good.
"I expanded my definition of what it means to care, to give, and to love," wrote Gunn, explaining that he volunteered in an AIDS Hospice in Thailand, helped with mine victim rehabilitation in Laos, and simply planted trees in Borneo.
Now, the two are planning to reunite next month to ride their bikes across Iran in a symbolic gesture of peace.
Their project, Wheels of Peace, will begin with each of them visiting schools in his respective country and sharing his experiences of finding friendship with someone who might otherwise be considered an enemy.
The children will be asked to write letters to students in the other country.


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En-gendering theatre in Eritrea : the roles and representations of women in the performing arts
Matzke, Christine (2003) En-gendering theatre in Eritrea : the roles and representations of women in the performing arts. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.
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This thesis is a first attempt at writing a modern theatre historiography of Eritrea, with emphasis on the roles and representations of women. It covers a period of some fifty years, from the late 1930s to 1991, the year of the country's de facto independence. The study is divided into three major sections; Part One providing the context of theatre in Eritrea, Part Two dealing with the emergence of modern Eritrean theatre arts, and Part Three covering the rise of the fighter performing arts during the thirty-year liberation struggle against Ethiopia. After an introduction to Eritrean history and theatre arts as well as the theoretical framework of the study, Chapter 1 examines women's roles and representations in Eritrean societies and selected traditional performing arts as the matrix onto which modern performance practices are built. Chapter 2 starts with a portrayal of early urban women performers in the late 1930s and early 1940s as singers and krar-players in local drinking houses, followed by the gradual expansion of Eritrean theatre arts under the British Military Administration. Thereafter the establishment of three well-known Eritrean theatre associations is examined, with Chapter 3 focusing on the Asmara Theatre Association, Mahber Theatre Asmara, whose work was eventually brought to a halt by the rise of the Ethiopian Derg regime. An investigation into the cultural troupes of the two liberation movements, the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) and the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) is dealt with in Part Three. Chapter 4 outlines theatre work in the ELF, while Chapters 5-7 present details of EPLF performing arts. Chapter 5 begins with early performance activities until the strategic retreat in 1978/79, followed by Chapter 6 with an analysis of drama work after the reorganisation of the Division of Culture. Chapter 7 covers theatre activities in mass organisations and supporting departments and outlines cultural developments during the final years of the liberation war. In conclusion, major trends and directions in post-independence Eritrean theatre arts are summarised as they continue to negotiate recent socio-political problems and developments.
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A diary of addiction: nine shows this week – plus the Oliviers tonight!
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Of the top 13 longest-running shows in Broadway history, what is ed six are still running now: The Phantom of the Opera and Chicago at the top of the list, more about with The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, Wicked and Jersey Boys further down the list, and seemingly bedded in forever.
Certainly The Lion King and Wicked are still regularly amongst the top grossing shows on Broadway every week — last week, across an unusual 9-performance week for some shows as a result of the Easter/Passover weekend, The Lion King took a whopping $2,633,531 to top the list, with Wicked just behind it with $2,358,372, also across nine performances.
But last night it was announced that Mamma Mia!, currently the 8th longest running musical in Broadway history, is to close on Broadway on September 5 after a 14 year run. When it closes it will have played 5,765 performances to over 7m people, and grossed over $600m during that time. (According to deadline.com, the show's worldwide gross from 49 productions on every continent but Antarctica exceeds $2 billion.)
It's a show that inspired a whole sub-genre of musicals that plundered back pop catalogues to create new book musicals — but none have been as successful as Mamma Mia!, or done with such good grace and humour or set to such an insistently memorable soundtrack. A few weeks before it opened in the West End, I ran into a key member of the original creative team — we were both wearing just towels at the time in a sauna in Luton — who warned me off seeing it: "You'll hate it!"
But he was wrong (and he's also very rich now, so presumably is happy that he was). When it transferred to New York, after runs in Toronto and San Francisco, I was there, too — just three weeks after 9/11. I remember going to the invited dress rehearsal, and feeling the collective release of an audience, traumatised by the recent horrific events in their own city, surrendering to the sunny, funny charms of this show.
In the years since, I've regularly re-visited the show in New York — partly to catch different Donna's, including the sublime Dee Hoty (pictured left, now back on Broadway in Gigi that just opened this week) and Carolee Carmello, pictured centre above, possibly the best Donna I ever saw — and I was there, too, for the show's spectacular 10th anniversary performance, when they blocked Broadway front of the theatre after the show to deliver a street encore!
I'll be sad to see it leave Broadway — but on the other hand, I'm pleased that another Broadway house is being freed up for newer product.
This time last week I said I'd managed to keep two nights free for the last week. They didn't stay free, recipe of course, as I used them to schedule not two but three shows I'd have otherwise missed! On Tuesday, I did a double bill of shows at the King's Head, newly entirely stripped out its fixed seating to produce a promenade/squatting on the floor space: gritty and appropriately grimy for an Edinburgh fringe revival of Trainspotting (above) to transfer to that brought the show right into your face with graphic verisimilitude; followed (less comfortably in every sense) by a rigorously polite musical version of Dorian Gray, which felt like it was slumming it here.
My other 'free' night was on Friday, when I made it — better late than never — to the Print Room for Robert Holman's Breakfast with Eels before it closed last night; a truly exquisite two-hander between two men who have a shared past that's gradually revealed in which not a lot happens, yet paradoxically everything happens (when I said this on Twitter, someone replied, "you make it sound positively Chekhovian" and it's an apt comparison).
It's an absolute gem, in which director Robert Hastie and his two brilliant actors Matthew Tennyson and Andrew Sheridan (pictured left) completely trust the ache and silences of the play to deliver an evening of quiet and poignant devastation. Depression is notoriously difficult to dramatise, but this play somehow gets beneath the duvet that some of us sometimes choose to retreat under.
There's also one of the best descriptions of the view from Parliament Hill I've ever heard: "The sodium lights of Highgate Village. The Olympic Stadium with the statue by Anish Kapoor, like a fairground helter-skelter. Canary Wharf, the Gherkin, the Dome of St Paul's, centuries old and just visible. The Shard, like a glass needle hurled into the earth from another planet… It's unreal. It's utterly mesmerising." This play is utterly real but entirely mesmerising.
Another night, another two-hander: Thrill Me (left), an 2005 off-Broadway musical that I first saw in a London fringe production in 2011, was revived at Greenwich Theatre ahead of a national tour by the same director Guy Retallack, and I've reviewed for The Stage here.
The week also took me back for a third and last time to Made in Dagenham, the best new British musical of the last year yet unaccountably entirely passed over for the Best New Musical category for tonight's Olivier Awards. I've already lamented this in my column here, but let's hope it goes on to another life elsewhere. It certainly went out on a high, with a full house and a genuine standing ovation.
I also saw another English-written, but New York set, musical called Apartment 40C at the St James Studio, after being launched at Fulham's London Theatre Workshop last year. It's a rather earnest portrait of a couple at various stages of their life, from unwitting flatmates who've somehow rented the same apartment (an echo of a plot contrivance that also coincidentally featured in Hampstead's Hello/Goodbye that got such a mixed press earlier this year) to separated life partners. But the storytelling (book and lyrics by Ray Rackham, who also directs) is firm and sure, and so is the richly textured musical score, with music by Tom Lees (who is also the MD). It's performed terrifically, too, especially the middle of the three sets of couples, Lizzie Wofford and Jonjo Flynn (pictured above).
And last Monday I also saw another night of promising English musical theatre writing, as Fairground Theatre presented an evening of songs from its Playground Writer's Programme at the Landor, this year showcasing the work of writer Rebecca Applin. Though the evening only offered a taster of some of the shows she's been working on, it was very tasty — and wonderful, as ever, to see the amazing professional turn-out, on stage, of stellar performers like the brilliant Stewart Clarke and Cassidy Janson, Victoria Serra (who I adored in the Union Theatre's Love Story last year), Keith Ramsay (another wonderful alumni of the Union, where I first discovered him in its fantastic revival of Billy) and Natasha Barnes, supported by students from the Musical Theatre Academy (MTA).
Yet more new music last night, too, when I attended the English National Opera's world premiere of Tansy Davies's first opera Between Worlds, with a libretto by playwright and novelist Nick Drake, at the Barbican Theatre. This grimly gripping 9/11 work, mostly set at the top of one of the Towers before it falls, has a rich tapestry of requiem-like music, but the show itself falls between two stools: more oratorio than dramatic opera. I also longed for surtitles like we get at London Coliseum, as much of Drake's libretto was unintelligible (though the bits I could hear were at least not unintelligent).
I also caught, in another nine-show week, a preview of the transfer of Gypsy from Chichester to the West End's Savoy Theatre, as I will be missing its official opening on Wednesday. So I can't comment here before then, but by an intriguing coincidence as I went into the lift as I descended to the tube from local stop at Borough to head into town posters for both Between Worlds and Gypsy were side by side (pictured left)!
Tonight I'm at the Oliviers, where I'll be nervously discovering whether my own predictions for this year's Awards that I've already made publicly in The Stage will come true. I'll also discovered whether or not I'm seated, for the third year running, beside a winner: in 2013 I was right next to Michael Ball and behind Imelda Staunton (both of whom won for Sweeney Todd), and last year next to Stephen Ashfield, who won for The Book of Mormon.
Stephen reminded me (and the listeners of the Curtain Up Show) of this when we were both guests on Friday's edition, broadcast live from Shaftesbury Avenue's Theatre Cafe; also on the show were Women on the Verge's Haydn Gwynne and Willenijn Verkaik, Beautiful's Lorna Want and Ian McKintosh, and Miss Saigon's Jon Jon Briones and Eva Noblezada. My colleague Terri Paddock — with whom we are running our own awards, #TheAlsoRecognisedAwards, on our new website www.mytheatremates.com) — were both also on the show to offer our own predictions of the Oliviers and give a plug to #TheAlsoRecognisedAwards, launched to retrieve some of the categories ditched by the whatsonstage.com Awards after Terri was unfairly dismissed from the company she had founded, as I've previously reported here.
When Terri won her employment tribunal case for unfair dismissal, her barrister commented, "The employer's handling of the disciplinary process was botched from beginning to end. It did not investigate the employee's version of events, it ignored the clear CCTV evidence disproving the allegation of 'a very serious piece of sexual harassment', it does not seem to have involved the alleged victim at all and the appeal was obviously biased."
That much was determined by the court; but now Terri is able to move forward with her reputation entirely intact, and our awards are a bold public declaration of that fact as well as for support of the industry that we both love so passionately. Voting is still open till Friday, so if you've not voted yet, do so now!
Meanwhile tomorrow morning I've off to New York for nine days (and 15 shows), including the new musicals Something Rotten, The Visit, Fun Home, Finding Neverland and Dr Zhivago (all but the first of which I've seen in prior incarnations), the new stage versions of An American in Paris and Gigi, and the revival of The King and I. I'm also seeing the new plays Hand to God and Living on Love, and hoping also to see the Radio City Music Hall's new Spring Spectacular (if I ever hear back from its press agent after four e-mail attempts to reach her). I'm also booked into see Audra McDonald appear in concert in New Jersey (I'm a week too early for her Carnegie Hall night), a return visit to off-Broadway's Hamilton, and this year's Easter Bonnet Competition!
All that and I'm setting up a few interviews, too, including meeting Jason Robert Brown on Thursday, ahead of his Royal Festival Hall night next month (and a revival of his glorious song cycle Songs for a New World at the St James Theatre in July).
Back home I'm not missing too much — there's Simon Stephens's new play Carmen Disruption at the Almeida on Friday (April 17), O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness revived at the Young Vic to open on April 21, and Golem transferring from the Young Vic to open at the Trafalgar Studios on April 22, as well as the opening of a new play Clarion by journalist-turned-playwright Mark Jagasia at the Arcola with a stellar cast of Clare Higgins and Greg Hicks, also on April 22 at the Arcola.
I hope to catch some of these after I get back! But meanwhile, I will be reporting on my New York adventures on Twitter and here as regularly as I can!
Tags: Andrew Sullivan, Apartment 40C, Between Worlds, Breakfast with Eeels, Cassidy Janson, English National Opera, Fairground Theatre, Guy Rettallack, Gypsy, Imelda Staunton, Keith Ramsay, King's Head, Made in Dagenham, Matthew Tennyson, Michael Ball, NIck Drake, Olivier Awards, Print Room, Ray Rackham, Rebecca Applin, Robert Hastie, Robert Holman, Stephen Ashfield, Stewart Clarke, Tansy Davies, Terri Paddock, Theatre, Thrill Me, Tom Lees, Trainspotting, Victoria Serra