Monthly Archives: September 2025

Morecambe Poetry Festival 2025

Posted on September 27, 2025 by garylongden

I have attended numerous music festivals, and some Mind Body Spirit festivals , but never a Poetry festival of over a days’ duration. I decided that Morecambe was the perfect opportunity to redress that omission. What follows is not a … Continue reading →

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Dear England – Nottingham Royal Court Theatre, 24/09/25

Posted on September 25, 2025 by garylongden

***** A fan once said to legendary Liverpool football manager Bill Shankly: ‘To you football is a matter of life or death!’ , he replied:  ‘Listen, it’s more important than that’. The two great loves of my life are football … Continue reading →

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David Gilmour Live at the Circus Maximus  Rome- film review 17/9/25

Posted on September 18, 2025 by garylongden

I went to the same school as Gilmour ( Perse) and lived in the city ( Cambridge). We were not contemporaries at school, but I recall seeing Syd Barrett around Cherry Hinton, a Cambridge suburb and pink Floyd were very … Continue reading →

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Murder at Midnight

Posted on September 10, 2025 by garylongden

It is September  , the children are back at school, temperatures are falling and Derby Theatre has a scorching world premier  tour from leading contemporary playwright Torben Betts to open the autumn  season. A strong cast of television veterans includes … Continue reading →

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