Surreal? Elio Crociani also took the two following vids of our son Robin at La Scala Milan

Robin at La Scala (he does sing, honest, but whoever took the vid was more interested in Allison...)

The Lad in Quartett (La Scala Milan), opera based on Les liaisons dangereuses music by Luca Francescon...

Tickles

seen in Ulverston

seen in Torquay

Telly news and double standards

It would be 'too distressing' to show footage of the two horses being electrocuted in the paddock at Newbury, said the telly reporter moments ago.


Hm.  Why not show the same compunction when it is film of mere human beings being kicked to death by thugs?  That doesn't usually bother telly newspeople.

English as She are Spok - 2

...and while we're at it, could the club of broadcasters that lives in a closed little bubble stop forcing abominable mispronunciations on people in the big world outside?   People who proTEST take part in PROtests.  They are proTESTers, not PROtesters.  So fuddled are broadcasters that some of them now talk about people PROtesting.  For heaven's sake, can any of them actually read?  If so, there are books called dictionaries, which usually offer advice on pronunciation and where the stresses go.  They might try using them once in a while.