"Change is hard at the beginning, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end."
Anonymous: https://twitter.com/InspiringThinkn/status/605963505322225664
Sunday, 26 July 2015
Saturday, 25 July 2015
Play: 'To kill a mocking bird'
On Saturday 18th July, Tania and I saw a play of Harper Lee's 'To kill a mocking bird' at the Barbican Theatre in London.
Scout, an intelligent and independent girl, views the events of a trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama, who is being defended by Scout's father, Atticus Finch. Over the space of two summers, Scout, her older brother Jem and friend Dill experience adventures including uncovering the true nature of the loner Boo Radley, and learn about life, prejudice and morality.
A wonderful book and a wonderful play.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
http://tokillamockingbirdplay.com/
Scout, an intelligent and independent girl, views the events of a trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman in 1930s Alabama, who is being defended by Scout's father, Atticus Finch. Over the space of two summers, Scout, her older brother Jem and friend Dill experience adventures including uncovering the true nature of the loner Boo Radley, and learn about life, prejudice and morality.
A wonderful book and a wonderful play.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
http://tokillamockingbirdplay.com/
Michaelangelo quote
"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."
Michaelangelo, http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/michelange183868.html#s4l9asUIqxzOLSQY.99
Book: 'A study in scarlet' by Arthur Conan Doyle (the first Sherlock Holmes mystery)
Dr Watson, an army doctor on leave in order to recuperate from sustained injuries, meets and rents an apartment in 221b Baker Street with Mr Sherlock Holmes, a "consulting detective".
Watson witnesses Sherlock solving a case involving Jefferson Hope, an American, who travels to London in pursuit of two men from the Mormon community, who he holds responsible for killing his fiance and her father.
"There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it." (Sherlock Holmes, 'A study in scarlet', Chapter 4)
Watson witnesses Sherlock solving a case involving Jefferson Hope, an American, who travels to London in pursuit of two men from the Mormon community, who he holds responsible for killing his fiance and her father.
"There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it." (Sherlock Holmes, 'A study in scarlet', Chapter 4)
Ida B Wells quotes
"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."
"One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap."
Ida B Wells: http://www.vox.com/2015/7/16/8978257/ida-b-wells and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
John Ruskin quote
“It is only by labour that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labour can be made happy, and the two cannot be separated with impunity.”
John Ruskin, http://tinyurl.com/no4jdnn
John Ruskin, http://tinyurl.com/no4jdnn
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