cuckoo

Do try and go to see One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest at the Gielgud Theatre, with Christian Slater and Frances Barber and fantastic supporting cast - we went to the matinee on Saturday and it was a really excellent production.

Cocktails at LAB afterwards, obviously, helping to dispel the gloom at England somehow managing to lose the ICC Final :(

sportsweek

England beat the Aussies!! Yes, we have vanquished our nemesis and won the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy by 6 wickets!! Bring on the Windies in the final...

And as if that wasn't enough, A3 Milan went top of The Shengiership, our BBC Fantasy League. Get on!

lost in france (slight return)

Afternoon. Just back from a very sunny long weekend with Solveig's parents in Cahors, drinking the contents of the cellar, eating confit de canard and watching the foxes. Bliss.

Yes, it really does look like that :)

nighthawks

Spent most of today at the Edward Hopper exhibition at the Tate Modern (courtesy of free tickets from work)

Followed by ice cream in the sunshine on Bankside. Very nice.

fearon low thing

Nic and Ella's wedding last night, in Putney at one of the 271 rowing clubs on the river (we found them on the fourth attempt) which was a joyous occasion, with some excellent cheese in both musical and fermented curd form. Well done.

go on gooners

I couldn't let today pass without a mention of Arsenal FC's record breaking run of 43 Premiership games without defeat.

Bravo. Up the Gunners (an ting). You never know - keep it up and I might just avoid the wooden spoon in our BBC Fantasy Football League. . .

happy mondays

Hallelujah! Went and got Loaded In The Park with The Happy Mondays on Clapham Common - sun and baggy tunes all round, excellent stuff, even if Shaun did forget the opening line to, er, all the songs.

Bez was, of course, Bez.
And (for once) I remembered the camera so twist your melons here (man).

fourth test

Well that was quite a day...

England v West Indies, Fourth Test at The Oval with Doug and Julian. Arrived full of hope for Freddie to complete his century, then watched with amazement as he and Jones got out early on and Giles took up the mantle, knocking an elegant 52, ably supported by the stoic Hoggard (38) and Harmison (36) bashing sixes all over the shop. 150 added by the "tail" and once Harmi got stuck in to their top order even the flowing batting of Lara with 79 couldn't stop the rot. Windies all out for 152, Harmison 6-46 and a couple more wickets fell in the follow-on before stumps at 6.30pm. And Gayle hit 6 fours off an over which we later learnt was a Test Match first.

Added to which, we then went for a most excellent curry at the Kennington Tandoori :)

faint nic to second slip

Splendid cricket match for Mr Fearon's stag do, in the beautiful setting of Dulwich College.
Fine time had by all, not least Nic who got the MOTM award of a brand new bat with all our ugly mugs stuck on it :)
Pictures soon (ahem, Mr McManus...)

ring ring

Newsflash! Our excellent friends Katie and Paul have got engaged!
Paul (the old romantic) went down on one knee in a gondola (tricky, that) having whisked Katie off to Venice to celebrate their anniversary - bravo, Sir, champagne all round!