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Transform Your Home with Premium Hardwood Floors in Leicester

When it comes to enhancing the aesthetics and value of your home, few upgrades can rival the impact of premium hardwood floors in Leicester. Whether you're remodelling an old property or adding a touch of elegance to a new build, wooden flooring offers timeless beauty, durability, and versatility that makes it an excellent choice for homeowners. If you're in Leicester and looking for the perfect flooring solution, Carpetshire Leicester is your trusted source for high-quality hardwood and wooden flooring options.

Why Choose Hardwood Floors?

Hardwood floors in Leicester have long been a favourite choice for homeowners who value both style and function. The natural look and warmth of wood bring an inviting and luxurious atmosphere to any space. Unlike carpet or vinyl, hardwood floors add a level of sophistication that can significantly increase the resale value of your property.

If you're considering upgrading to hardwood flooring, this brand in Leicester offers a wide variety of wood types, finishes, and colours, allowing you to customise your floors to fit your specific style and needs.

The Versatility of Wooden Flooring 

Wooden flooring in Leicester is incredibly versatile, making it suitable for both traditional and modern homes. Whether you prefer the rich, dark tones of mahogany or the light, airy feel of oak, you’ll find a wide range of options to match your interior design. The variety of wood grains and finishes available means that every installation is unique, adding character to your living space.

In addition to aesthetics, wooden floors offer practical benefits. Unlike other flooring materials, wood does not trap dust, allergens, or pet hair, making it an excellent choice for those with allergies or asthma. The team of flooring experts can help guide you through the process of choosing the best wooden flooring for your home. Whether you want solid hardwood, engineered wood, or parquet flooring, they provide expert installation to ensure your floors look flawless.

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Investing in hardwood floors not only improves the look and feel of your home but also boosts its market value. Buyers tend to favour homes with hardwood or wooden flooring because of its longevity, beauty, and easy maintenance. For Leicester homeowners looking to sell in the future, upgrading to hardwood floors can be a smart financial decision.

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Why Choose Carpetshire Leicester?

When selecting a hardwood floor maker, it’s essential to choose a reliable provider with expertise in both product quality and installation. Their brand has a leading name in the region, offering an impressive range of hardwood flooring options. Their knowledgeable team can guide you through every step of the process, from choosing the right wood type to the final installation. They are committed to delivering superior craftsmanship and customer satisfaction.

Final Thoughts

Upgrading to hardwood floors in Leicester is a great way to transform your home, adding both aesthetic appeal and long-term value. With the variety of options available at Carpetshire Leicester, you can find the perfect wooden flooring to suit your style and budget. Let their team of flooring specialists help you bring warmth, elegance, and durability to your home with premium hardwood flooring. For more information, visit The website today and explore their extensive range of wooden flooring solutions.

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Hey, for your rugs, did you spin the wool for it?

heck no! 😹 I may make a lot of handspun, but I am not yet so filthy wealthy with it to chuck it in for a felted rug, and most of what I spin is not hardy enough for that kind of wear because I like to work with finer fibers.

I shop here for rug wool. 20lbs of neutral wool for $100, dye it whatever you like, or $50 for 5lbs assorted colors.

If you DO want to spin your own for this purpose, may I recommend a breed like Texel or Border Leicester? They are super long staple and hard-wearing fleeces, a bit rough on the hands to spin, but the final product is bulletproof...and also the kind of fabric that makes people think of wool as "scratchy" (good for carpet).

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Vampire Short Story Pt.1

A while back, @roses-red-and-pink was interested in reading a story about a vrykolakas, a vampire from Greek Orthodox folklore. I started writing one featuring one of my original characters, and, since October is upon us, here goes part one.

Rain cascaded like blood from an open wound in the October nighttime dark, and Detective Inspector Deborah Kilroy was racing through the streets of Leicester in her car, clutching the wheel with her pale bony hands and staring at the satnav with intense sky-blue eyes foggy with sleep. She’d woken up at half past one in the morning for this, awoken by a call from Morgan. The traffic light turned green; she hit the accelerate and exhaled a breathy, desperate prayer. A left turn past a row of charity shops and independent cafés and straight ahead. 128 Goodwood Road, she repeated to herself. A few more minutes and the house was in view.

She undid the seatbelt and pulled her ivy-green raincoat over her tall, bony body, tucking her blonde ponytail into her hood. Having exited into the rain, she looked back and forth; no police cars. Walking towards the house, she pinned on her badge, and felt the second one in her pocket.

Before her was a small, compact house of tan-coloured brick with a square balcony over a porch sunken into the wall and a low wooden fence around a grass-filled front garden; it was rather like the house her grandparents lived in. The gate was already open, permitting her to walk down the brick path to the front door. She rang the doorbell, and a few seconds of silence dissipated when the door opened. Standing in the tan-carpeted and white-walled hallway was a tall, heavily-built Asian woman with black hair just past her shoulders and bright red lipstick, beckoning Deborah indoors. Deborah looked at the woman behind her while walking past family photos beside her and the wall, and saw a leather jacket and tight black trousers, the smell of blood emanating from her.

Deborah sat down in the living room on a burgundy pouffe next to tight-drawn white curtains embroidered with forget-me-not patterns, a television atop a stack of white Ikea drawers to her right and a sobbing young woman with her mother’s dark hair in a pale pink nightdress on a blocky red sofa. She breathed in awkwardly, disconcerted by the situation in front of her and the task ahead. Nonetheless, she spoke. “Detective Inspector Kilroy from the PIT. Your names?”

The woman on the sofa retracted her hands from her eyes, revealing a round, adolescent-looking face of a very pale brown, discoloured eyes of a darker hue staring sullenly and sorrowfully at Deborah. “Lucia. And what’s the PIT?”

“Police investigation team”, Deborah spat out mechanically. It was one of many assumed names for the group. “It’s just a nickname we have in the department.” That was the necessary follow-up, lest someone attempt to research them.

Deborah pulled her notepad and pen from her pocket and said, “so, what’s happened?”

The older woman – Mishita, she gave her name as – sat down, shuddered and began talking. “My son was killed by my husband.”

Deborah’s stomach rocked and reeled; even after years of being in the PIT and years more in the police, it always hurt to hear these stories. She looked up at Mishita, whose eyes were now wide and bloodshot.

“And my husband’s been dead for eighteen months.”

Deborah pushed down her shock – she was a member of the PIT, after all – and replied softly. “Describe what happened. Describe it in as much detail as you can.”

Several gasps and tears later and Mishita started narrating what had happened. “I woke up in the middle of the night and … and I heard my son screaming. He’s … he was … he was only eleven.” The tears quickly resumed. “I ran in and switched the light on and … and …”

While pitying the woman, Deborah was glad for the tears; it provided more time to write notes.

“I switched the light on, and there he was on his bed being pinned down … by a man; the fattest man I’d ever seen. And his neck … his neck had been slit open. Blood everywhere. I just … I just froze. And the man looked up at me.”

Deborah laid her pen to rest for a moment and looked at Mishita. “Continue.”

Mishita nodded. “I saw his face … it was my husband. His hair was all the way down to the waist and tangled … but it was him. He moved his hand down to my son’s throat and lick … Licked the blood of his hand.” Deborah nearly retched at the thought, but suppressed it well. “I started backing away, going to call the police … and he lashed out at me. Long sharp nails, cut my throat. And … and … I just ran and ran and left him to…” She collapsed into weeping.

Deborah cautiously asked “Are you ready to share anymore?”

Mishita shook her head. Deborah responded with “can I go to the room?” Mishita nodded.

Deborah finally stood before the door; even outside the room, the stench of blood was palpable. She reached into her left pocket for the blue plastic footwraps used when entering crime scene, and put them on. Breathing heavily, she pulled down the brassy handle on the pale wooden door, descended the step and choked. She looked at the white cupboard, a few flecks of blood visible and a shard of glass embedded in it. Still averting her gaze from the bed, she saw the bare floorboards littered with magazines and underwear and shards of broken glass. Her gaze moved slowly up the bed, seeing a waterfall of dried blood against the white sheets, her eyes tracing it back to its source.

It was a boy with the same dark hair (shaggy, in his case) and light brown skin as Lucia, wearing striped white and dark red pyjamas. But he was sprawled over the bed, his throat cut open along the side, fresh blood pouring onto a marble-hued mattress. The window had been smashed open, releasing the rain into the room, the spots of water matching the spots of blood.

She choked a little, and felt her eyes prick with tears. She recalled Stanhope, her mentor in the police force, murdered before her eyes by an occult monster. She pushed down the memory, subduing it with incantations of “must get the job done”. She pulled her phone out, and dialled Morgan; the woman who had adopted the position of Stanhope as she had been drawn into the PIT.

A half-minute and Morgan’s sharp-edged Welsh voice was heard. “What’s the situation?”

“Standing in the room with a dead kid. From what she said, it’s a vampire.”

Morgan’s voice grew harder. “Yeah, gathered that. What did it look like and do?”

Deborah searched her mind for the descriptions she had been given. “It looked like the woman’s husband; long hair and nails. Drank blood by putting its hand in the blood and lapping it up. Said it was the fattest man she’d ever seen.”

“Is her husband alive?”

“No” said Deborah.

Morgan replied “So d’you know what her husband looked like?”

Deborah responded “also no. I’ll ask her for a photo.”

Morgan hung up, and Deborah slipped her phone back into her pocket. She turned around and walked downstairs, shaking with the visions of the dead boy dancing in her mind.

Mishita and Lucia were waiting downstairs, huddled together, each with a cup of tea in shaking hands. Deborah sat down with them, declined the offer of tea, and began talking, her own voice shaking a little.

“What… what was your husband like?”

Mishita wiped her eyes and spoke slowly. “Not good, not good at all. Usually absent, often drunk, sometimes violent. Had a new scar every few weeks and a new mistress every few months; if my parents and his hadn’t chosen him I would have divorced him.”

Deborah shook her head while her pen hand scrambled over the pages of the notepad. Unhappy marriages, violent lives, trafficking, substance abuse – she’d seen it all. But there was little she could do but be kind and polite and track down the culprits. She was no therapist, but an investigator and hunter – formerly just of criminals, and now of the things behind the veil.

Deborah laid her pen down and looked up. “Can I have a photograph of him?”

Mishita nodded, and walked a little way away. She took a purse out of a bag suspended from a hook near the hallway, and from that a photograph. She walked back, and pressed it into Deborah’s hands. It was a wedding photo, showing an Asian man stocky with muscle – no more than twenty-five, looking at him – with slicked-back hair that terminated at his neck, with his arm around his new wife’s shoulder, both of them smiling. Mishita quietly asked “will this do? Do you want to take it?”

“Yes to the first, no to the second” said Deborah with a tone fit for a funeral, and got up. She shook Mishita’s hand while the two shared a silent gaze, and returned to the dark streets.

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London playlist

London - since 43 AD it has to be one of the more fascinating cities on Earth. Such a rich history. From Shakespeare Theatre to the music from there today. I just had to put a London playlist together. From Soho to Brixton, from Highgate to Clapham  what a collection of songs! It’s over 350 songs and it could easily expand to 400. **I have a separate England & Wales playlist coming, so, stay tuned for that**.

To play the songs, hit the link right here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1_ntP663JhZl-hvn9EwFp9L

ENGLAND & WALES playlist is coming soon! What songs have I left out? Let me know! Add your own songs! Cheers. Pip pip, tally ho!

LONDON 001 Generation X -  Day By Day 002 The Clash - London Calling 003 Austin Powers  - theme song (Soul Bossa? Nova ) 004 The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion 005 Killing Joke - Empire Song 006 Black Sabbath - Wicked World 007 The Who - Welcome 008 The Damned - Neat, neat, neat 009 GIRLSCHOOL - LONDON 010 007 theme song 011 Motorhead - Motorhead 012 Wire - Ex Lion Tamer 013 David Bowie - Maid of Bond Street 014 The Misfits - London Dungeon 015 Rolling Stones - 016 The Adverts - Bored Teenagers 017 Siouxsie & The Banshees -  Spellbound 018 Penny Dreadful - Soundtrack - Main Theme 019 Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger 020 The Cure - Subway Song 021 Adam And The Ants -  Puss 'n' Boots 022 Iron Maiden - 22 Acacia Avenue 023 COIL - Fire of the mind 024 Public Image Ltd - One Drop. 025 LUSH - Breeze 026 Bliss Signal - Surge 027 The Pogues - Misty Morning, Albert Bridge 028 PhD - Won't Let You Down 029 Birthday Party - Hats On Wrong 030 Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue 031 Help Yourself - Reaffirmation 032 Grave Miasma - Gnosis of the summon 033 Roy Ayers - We Live In London Baby 034 Led Zeppelin - The Rover 035 Gang of Four - What we all want 036 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girl                 037 Sleaford Mods - 6 Horsemen (The Brixtons) 038 Paul Young - Love of the Common People 039 The Saint (original) - Theme 040 The Human League - Dont You Want Me 041 Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen 042 The Beatles - A Day In The Life 043 Def Leppard -  Love bites 044 The Stranglers - Another Camden Afternoon 045 The Kinks  - See My Friends 046 Elton John - Bennie and the Jets 047 Suede - Moving 048 Queen - Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy 049 Cliff Richard & the Shadows - She's Gone 050 The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up 051 Loop - Fade Out 052 Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart - A13 053 The Magnetic Fields - All the Umbrellas in London 054 Wendy Carlos - Title Music From A Clockwork Orange (From Purcell's Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary) 055 The Police - Every Little Thing she does it Magic 056 Cockney Rejects - The Greatest Cockney Rip Off 057 Spandau Ballet - Spandau Ballet Chant No.1 058 The Pretenders - Middle of the Road 059 The Who - Dogs 060 The Jam - London Girl 061 Cradle of Filth - Hurt and Virtue 062 Joy Division - Isolation 063 Nick Drake - At the Chime of a City Clock 064 Sham 69 - Cockney Kids Are Innocent 065 Deep Purple - Mandrake Root 066 Throbbing Gristle - Hit by a rock 067 David Bowie - Rubber Band 068 Roxy Music  - Do The Strand 069 Slaves - Cheer Up London 070 T. Rex - London Boys 071 Kirsty MacColl - Autumngirlsoup 072 New Model Army - Archway Towers 073 Scorpions - Lovedrive 074 Isaac Hayes - Doesnt Rain In London 075 Peter Tosh - Buk-In-Hamm Palace 076 The Slits - Typical Girls 077 Pharaoh Sanders - Midnight In Berkeley Square (Instrumental) 078 Blue Cheer - Girl From London 079 Sex Pistols - Satellite 080 Judas Priest - (The Hellion ) Electric Eye 081 UFO -  Lights Out 082 Joy Division - Digital 083 Muse - Uprising 084 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 085 Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love 086 Fine Young Cannibals - Blue 087 New Order - Blue Monday 088 Würzel - Midnight In London 089 Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley 090 The Wildhearts - Down On London 091 Supertramp - Nothing To Show 092 Motörhead - Metropolis 093 Current 93 - Lucifer Over London 094 The Pogues - Dark Streets of London 095 The Cult - All Souls Avenue 096 The Jam - In The City 097 The Undertones - Teenage Kicks 098 Iggy Pop -  Play It Safe 099 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Jack the Ripper 100 The Cure  - Lets Go To Bed 101 Suede - Animal Nitrate 102 Wire - field day for the sundays 103 Black Books  TV Show - Opening Theme 104 Paul McCartney & Wings - London Town 105 Madness - Primrose Hill 106 The Troggs  - No. 10 Downing Street 107 Iron Maiden -  Gangland 108 PJ Harvey - The Last Living Rose 109 The Rollers - Soho 110 Electric Wizard - Lucifer's Slaves 111 The Buzzcocks -  Just Lust 112 Doctor Who Theme Tune 1980 113 Cathedral - Fountain Of Innocence 114 Pretenders - Swinging London 115 Hanoi Rocks - Tooting Bec Wreck 116 Es - 'Chemical 117 Bee Gees  - Trafalgar 118 The Peddlers    - Under London Lights 119 Cliff Richard - The Young Ones 120 Big Audio Dynamite - Sightsee M.C   121 ABC - Tower of London 122 Accept - London Leatherboys 123 Pitchshifter - Please Sir 124 Portishead -  We Carry On 125 John Lennon - Whatever Gets You Thru The Night 126 The Lurkers - Ain't Got a Clue 127 Iron Maiden - Die with your boots on 128 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kiss Them For Me 129 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity 130 The Jam - London Traffic 131 The Cranberries - Waiting In Walthamstow 132 The Kinks - Victoria 133 Heads Hands & Feet - Pete Might Spook The Horses 134 Whitesnake -  Long Way From Home 135 Queensryche - London 136 Concrete Blonde - Walking in London 137 Deep Purple - Fireball 138 The Ruts - dope for guns 139 Wham! - Bad Boys 140 Generation X - One Hundred Punks 141 Joe Jackson - Down To London 142 Anti-Nowhere League - Streets of London 143 The Wildhearts - Shandy Bang 144 David Bowie - The London Boys 145 The Human League - Human 146 Cockney Rejects - East end 147 Dire Straits - Eastbound Train 148 Ian Drury - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 149 Sepultura -  Filthy rot 150 The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight 151 Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy 152 Purson -  Electric Landlady 153 Black Sabbath -  Tomorrow's Dream 154 The Clash - Guns of Brixton 155 Blood Ceremony - Lord Of Misrule 156 Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life - Penis Song 157 Gentlemans Pistols -  Hustler's Row 158 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 159 Jethro Tull - Cross Eyed Mary 160 The Yobs - The Ballad of the Warrington 161 Cradle of Filth - Principle Of Evil Made Flesh 162 Bruce Hornsby - The Black Rats Of London 163 Inspiral Carpets - How It Should Be 164 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxy Lady 165 PETULA CLARK - WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL 166 Lush - Olympia 167 Hunters & Collectors - Blind Eye 168 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now 169 David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World 170 UK Subs - C.I.D. 171 Queen - Dont Stop Me Now 172 Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth 173 the clash - capital radio one 174 UB40 - Here I Am (Come And Take Me) 175 The Meads Of Asphodel - Guts For Sale 176 Horrible Histories: Savage Songs - Boudicca 177 Swallow the Sun - Labyrinth Of London (Horror Pt. IV) 178 Mad Professor  - Ben Gone Wrong 179 Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better 180 Genesis - The Battle Of Epping Forest 181 The Damned -  problem child 182 Squeeze  - Cool For Cats 183 Manfred Mann - Belgravia 184 The Bee Gees - Walking Back to Waterloo 185 Pink Floyd - Waiting For The Worms 186 Madness - Victoria Gardens 187 Paradise Lost - Soul Courageons 188 YES  - Roundabout 189 PJ Harvey - This Is Love 190 The Horrors - Jack The Ripper 191 King Crimson - Red 192 The Smiths - How Soon Is Now 193 Level 42 - Heathrow 194 Intaferon - Get Out Of London 195 Burt Bacharach - Bond street 196 David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust 197 The Clash - Londons Burning 198 Killing Joke - Follow The Leaders 199 Saxon - The Court of the Crimson King 200 Buzzcocks - Harmony in My Head 201 Fairport Convention - Fiddlesticks (Peel Session) 202 Napalm Death - Errors In The Signals 203 Empire  - Hot Seat 204 Anathema - Shroud of Frost 205 Pitchshifter - Condescension 206 The Beatles - Hey Jude 207 Affinity - Highgate 208 KLF - 3 A.M. Eternal (Pure Trance) 209 Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London 210 David Axelrod - London 211 The Wombles - Wellington Goes To Waterloo 212 EastEnders Theme 213 Cathedral - Hypnos 164 214 Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual 215 Alan Moore with Tim Perkins - The Highbury Working A Beat Seance 216 Transvision Vamp - Sex Kick 217 Elton John - Tell Me When The Whistle Blows 218 Firebird - Bow bells 219 The Jam - A' Bomb In Wardour Street 220 Caravan  - Waterloo Lily 221 Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends - Flashing Lights 222 David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things 223 Hot Chocolate - West End of Park Lane 224 Thames television ident 1984 225 Newtown Neurotics - Living With Unemployment 226 Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up 227 Suede - Metal Mickey 228 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer 229 Killing Joke - The Gathering 230 Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want 231 Kate Bush - Babooshka 232 Iron Maiden - The Prophecy 233 The Cure - Disintegration 234 The Damned - I Just Can't Be Happy Today 235 WIRE - Silk Skin Paws 236 Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets 237 Souixee & the Banshees - Cascade 238 Jethro Tull - Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square 239 AC/DC -  Rising Power 240 Alternative TV - Life After Life 241 Napalm Death - Deceiver (Peel Sessions) 242 Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train To London 243 Bucks Fizz - London Town 244 The Sweet - Blockbuster! 245 999 - Bent Cross 246 The Groundhogs - Split, Pt. 1 247 Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild in the Country 248 Blood Ceremony -  Half Moon Street 249 Ming Tea feat. Austin Powers - BBC One 250 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song 251 Big Audio Dynamite - EMC2 252 Crass - Banned from the Roxy 253 Sleaford Mods - Chaos Down In SoHo 254 Big Ben Chimes of Westminster, London 255 PJ Harvey - A Place Called Home 256 The Ruts - Staring at the rude boys 257 The Times - Whatever Happened To Thames Beat 258 Quincy Jones - London Derriere 259 Lush - Hypocrite 260 PIL - Reggie Song 261 The Style Council - You're The Best Thing 262 UK Subs - Dirty Girls 263 COIL - Slur 264 Frank Zappa - Dead girls of London 265 Iron Maiden - Prowler 266 The Slits - Difficult Fun 267 Killing Joke -  Kings and Queens 268 Simple Minds - Chelsea Girl 269 Motorhead - Bomber 270 XTC - Towers Of London 271 Blitzkrieg  - Hell to pay 272 Gryphon - Opening Move 273 The Challengers - The Streets of London 274 Peggy March - In Der Carnaby Street 275 The Damned - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 276 The Pogues - London You're a Lady 277 The Lords Of The New Church - Portobello 278 Rolling Stones - Hot Stuff 279 Joe Jackson - The Evil Eye 280 The Deviants - Garbage 281 Benny Hill Show  - Wild Women 282 Suzi Quatro - Crash 283 Madness - day on the town 284 SHAKESPEAR'S SISTER -  I Don't Care 285 Whitesnake - Wine Women An Song 286 Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine 287 Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody 288 Bauhaus - In the flat field 289 Dead Can Dance - In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated 290 Paul McCartney -  Old Siam, Sir 291 Lush - De-Luxe 292 AC/DC - let's get it up 293 Sophia Loren & Peter Sellers - Bangers and mash 294 Black Sabbath - Childfren of the grave 295 Psychic TV - The orchids 296 Miracle - The Strife Of Love In A Dream 297 Carter USM - Lean On Me I Won't Fall Over 298 Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack the Ripper 299 WIRE - the 15th 300 Mott the Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie 301 Soft Machine - The Camden Tandem 302 Are You Being Served Theme 303 CATHEDRAL - Serpent Eve 304 Booker T. & The MG's - Carnaby Street 305 Culture Club - It's A Miracle 306 Motorhead - Nothing Up My Sleeve 307 Killing Joke - Money is not our God 308 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy 309 WIRE - Please take 310 Bananarama - Hey young London 311 The Jam - Carnaby Street 312 Catapilla - Charing Cross   313 The Shadows - Chelsea Boot 314 Ride - Chelsea Girl 315 The Damned  - Grimly Fiendish 316 Marillion - Chelsea Monday 317 Slowdive - Celia's Dream 318 The Clash - Gates of the west 319 Thin Lizzy - Half Caste 320 David Bowie -  I dig everything 321  VUUR - Days Go By - London 322 Elvis Costello - [I Don't Want To Go To] Chelsea 323 Uriah Heep - Walking in your shadow 324 Genesis - Invisible Touch 325 Amy Winehouse - Me & Mr Jones 326 Curve - Fait Accompli   327 Silverfish ‎- Crazy 328 Iron Maiden - Killers 329 Killing Joke -  Ghost Of Ladbroke Grove 330 Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK 331 Paradise lost - remembrance 332 The Fall - Leave the Capitol 333 The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset 334 WIRE - Keep exhaling 335 The Peddlers - raining in London 336 Motorhead - damage case 337 10cc - Shock On The Tube (Don't Want Love) 338 Swervedriver - Rave Down 339 Spike Milligan - Tower Bridge 340 Phil Lynott - Solo In Soho 341 Adam and the Ants - Plastic Surgery 342 The Who - Pinball wizard 343 Pulp - Mile end 344 Generation X - Running with the Boss Sound 345 OMD - If You Leave 346 PiL - Public Image 347 Monty Python's Flying Circus TV show - theme song 348 Hall & Oates - London, Luck & Love 349 The Horrors - Three decades 350 Cathedral - Midnight Mountain 351 Killing Joke - glitch 352 Judas Priest - The Ripper 353 Air Raid Siren London Blitz 354 Dragonforce - Fury and the storm 355 Elastica - Connection 356 the Psychedelic Furs - Dumb waiters 357 Samantha Fox - Touch me 358 Wang Chung - Dance hall days 359 Kim Wilde - Water on glass 360 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Overground 361 Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow night 362 Fleetwood Mac - My Heart Beat Like a Hammer 363 Rainbow - Self Portrait 364 Billy Ocean - Love really hurts without you 365 Art of Noise - Beat box (division one) 366 Eurythmics - Never Gonna Cry Again 367 Samson - Grime Crime 368 Go West - we close our eyes 369 Ultravox - Saturday Night In The City Of The Dead 370 King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man 371 Visage - Visage 372 Sandy Denny - Let's Jump The Broomstick 373 Brian Eno - Burning Airlines Give You So Much More 374 Fields Of The Nephilim - Blue water 375 Leftfield - Open Up 376 Blancmange - I've Seen The Word 377 Thomas Dolby - Flying north 378 Sisters of Mercy - Temple of love 379 Royal Orchestra - Royal Entrance Queen Elizabeth II 380 Pink Floyd - Goodbye blue sky 666 David Bowie -  London Bye Ta - Ta 

Play the songs here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1_ntP663JhZl-hvn9EwFp9L

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London’s Historic Cinemas

As some visitors at Park Avenue Hyde Park may be aware, the London Film Festival finished its annual tenure in the city for 2021. Hosting new work from international auteurs and up and coming filmmakers, the London Film Festival is one of the most influential and reputed in Europe, often seeing red carpet appearances from some of the best-known celebrities in the world. 

Whilst the film festival has closed for this year, the cinemas that hosted this exciting festival are a massive part of the experience. From West End gems to cutting edge gateways into new districts, taking a trip to one of the many historic cinemas in London is an enriching way for Park Avenue J Hotel London Hyde Park guests to get to know the city. Below you can find out more about the revolutionary, historic and all-around magnetising cinemas in the English capital, and the types of events that take place there.

Regent Street Cinema

The Regent Street Cinema is one of the most famous in London and was opened in 1848 as a theatre for what is now the University of Westminster. Often cited as the “birthplace of British Cinema” the projection capabilities of the 187-seater on Regent Street allows it to screen 16 and 35 mm film reels as well as 4K digital formats. This means that cinephile guests at hotel accommodation London can expect a varied programme of often never before seen movies.  Another historic accolade held by the Regent Street Cinema is that it was the first in the UK to show X-rated films, although now it is rather more family-friendly!

Prince Charles Cinema

A firm favourite for cult films, the Prince Charles Cinema is the home to some of London’s best movie marathons and is easily reachable for guests at the Park Avenue J Hotel London. From Lord Of The Rings all-nighters to late-night Halloween specials, Prince Charles was built in 1962 as a theatre but was developed into a  cinema for adult movies before its expansion into a fan-favourite repertory cinema. The Prince Charles Cinema, which is located just off of Leicester Square, is famous for hosting regular Q & A’s and for its seasonal Rocky Horror Picture Show and Sound of Music singalong screenings, making it the proud last independent cinema standing in the West End.

Brixton Ritzy

Not only is the Brixton Ritzy a social hub and community-oriented south London cinema but is a Grade II listed building too. With its music and spoken word staging second-floor cafe bar, the Brixton Ritzy has been establishing itself as a cinema for the people since it was opened in 1911 as the “Electric Pavilion”. With a long history of name changes and left-wing political advocacy, the Ritzy is accessible for all and wears its historic London reputation proudly.

Rio Dalston

The Rio in Dalston is a two-screen cinema on Kingsland High Street that has been open since 1915. Originally an auctioneers shop, the cinema was redeveloped in the art deco style seen today in 1933 and was refurbished once again in the 1950s’ after suffering damage during the Blitz. Its history as a foreign language and adult film cinema during the 70s’ saw it grow into a much loved independent movie hub in later decades. Now the Rio is registered as a not for profit charity, in keeping with its long history and stellar international programming.

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The Addams Family - First National Tour - October 18, 2011 (SunsetBlvd79's video master) CAST: Douglas Sills (Gomez Addams), Sara Gettelfinger (Morticia Addams), Cortney Wolfson (Wednesday Addams), Blake Hammond (Fester Addams), Patrick D Kennedy (Pugsley Addams), Pippa Pearthree (Grandma Addams), Tom Corbeil (Lurch), Crista Moore (Alice Beineke), Martin Vidnovic (Mal Beineke), Brian Justin Crum (Lucas Beineke) NOTES: Beautiful capture of the again newly reworked version of the tour. This would technically make it version 3.0. Changes include new songs, reworked, new or cut scenes and plots, that work for the better! A+

Aida - Broadway - March 29, 2000 (Matinee) (Major's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Heather Headley (Aida), Adam Pascal (Radames), Sherie Rene Scott (Amneris), John Hickok (Zoser), Schele Williams (Nehebka), Damian Perkins (Mereb)

NOTES: Amazing quality for the early 2000s. Digital if I'm not mistaken. Audio holds up well.

Aida - Broadway - December 3, 2000 FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Heather Headley (Aida), Adam Pascal (Radames), Sherie Rene Scott (Amneris), Tyrees Allen (Amonasro), John Hickok (Zoser), Daniel Oreskes (Pharaoh), Phineas Newborn III (u/s Mereb)

NOTES: Extremely clear video from a digital shoot. Show is very well captured.

Aida - Broadway - March 27, 2001 FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Maya Days (Aida), Adam Pascal (Radames), Idina Menzel (Amneris), John Hickok (Zoser), Damian Perkins (Mereb)

NOTES: Date is most likely wrong, as Heather Headley was still playing Aida at this point. Idina Menzel only played Amneris Sep 13, 2001 - Jan 27, 2002.

Aida - Broadway - December 12, 2001 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Maya Days (Aida), Matt Bogart (u/s Radames), Idina Menzel (Amneris), John Hickok (Zoser), Damian Perkins (Mereb)

Aida - Dutch Concert - June, 2019 (Rumpel's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: April Darby (Aida), Freek Bartels (Radames), Willemijn Verkaik (Amneris), Tony Neef (Zoser), Tjindjara Metschendorp (Nehebka), Nigel Brown (Mereb)

Aida - National Tour - November 18, 2001 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Simone (Aida), Patrick Cassidy (Radames), Kelli Fournier (Amneris)

NOTES: Includes about 90 minutes of highlights from the Broadway production with Matt Bogart.

Aida - Netherlands - July 8, 2002 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Chaira Borderslee (Aida), Bastiaan Ragas (Radames), Marleen van der Loo (u/s Amneris), Ben Cramer (Pharaoh)

NOTES: The only known video with Bastiaan Ragas and Chaira Borderslee.

Aida - Netherlands - July 22, 2003 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Chaira Borderslee (Aida), René van Kooten (Radames), Antje Monteiro (Amneris), Marlon David Henry (Mereb)

Aida - Netherlands - July 31, 2003 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Carolina Dijkhuizen (alt Aida), René van Kooten (Radames), Antje Monteiro (Amneris)

NOTES: Full show plus the first act from Carolina's last show on August 2, 2003.

Aida - Tecklenburg - August 29, 2009 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Zodwa Selele (Aida), Patrick Stanke (Radames), Willemijn Verkaik (Amneris), Mario Mariano (Amonasro), Marc Clear (Zoser), Ansgar Schäfer (Pharaoh), Milica Jovanovic (Nehebka), Thada Suanduanchai (Mereb)

NOTES: Multi-cam pro-shot.

Ain't Broadway Grand - Broadway - May 6, 1993 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Mike Burstyn (Mike Todd), Debbie Shapiro Gravitte (Gypsy Rose Lee), Maureen McNamara (Joan Blondell), Maureen McNamara (Bobby Clark), Gabriel Barre (Marvin Fischbein)

Ain't Misbehavin' - Television Production - 1982 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: André De Shields, Armelia McQueen, Charlayne Woodard, Ken Page, Nell Carter

Ain't Too Proud - Pre-Broadway Tour - August 24, 2018 (Opening Night) (thehouseonsunset's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Derrick Baskin (Otis Williams), James Harkness (Paul Williams), Jawan M Jackson (Melvin Franklin), Jeremy Pope (Eddie Kendricks), Ephraim Sykes (David Ruffin), Saint Aubyn (Dennis Edwards), Shawn Bowers (Lamont), Jahi Kearse (Berry Gordy), E Clayton Cornelious (Shelly Berger), Rashidra Scott (Josephine), Christian Thompson (Smokey Robinson), Jarvis B Manning (Al Bryant), Candice Marie Woods (Diana Ross), Taylor Symone Jackson (Johnnie Mae/Mary Wilson)

Aladdin - Broadway - August 22, 2014 (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), Courtney Reed (Jasmine), Jonathan Freeman (Jafar), James Monroe Iglehart (Genie), Clifton Davis (Sultan), Brian Gonzales (Babkak), Brandon O'Neill (Kassim), Don Darryl Rivera (Iago), Andrew Cao (u/s Omar)

NOTES: Act one has three major blackouts: the scene between Arabian Nights and One Jump Ahead, the scene between One Jump Ahead and Proud of Your Boy, and the last 22 minutes of the act, which is all of Friend Like Me and Act One Finale. There is also a head that blocks center stage and the action is often lost behind it. Act two is much better with no blackouts and only some heads on the bottom that are worked around well. It’s filmed in 16:9, with a mix of wides, mediums, and close-ups. There’s a lot of chatter and rustling from the audience, but the sound is otherwise excellent. Includes playbill scans.

Aladdin - Broadway - November 5, 2014 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), Courtney Reed (Jasmine), Merwin Foard (s/b Jafar), Michael James Scott (s/b Genie)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of latest Disney Broadway offering. Great to see the changes from the Toronto tryout. Michael and Merwin do terrific jobs as Genie and Jafar. A

Aladdin - Broadway - June, 2018 (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Telly Leung (Aladdin), Arielle Jacobs (Jasmine), Jonathan Freeman (Jafar), Major Attaway (Genie), Brian Gonzales (Babkak), Steel Burkhardt (Kassim), Don Darryl Rivera (Iago), Brad Weinstock (Omar)

Aladdin - Disney's Aladdin - A Musical Spectacular - January 8, 2016 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Miles Wesley (Aladdin), Deedee Magno Hall (Jasmine), Lace Robert (Jafar), Nick Santa Maria (Genie)

NOTES: This is not the same as the Broadway version! Good quality video overall, filmed 2 nights before closing.

Aladdin - First National Tour - April 16, 2017 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), Isabelle McCalla (Jasmine), Jonathan Weir (Jafar), Anthony Murphy (Genie), JC Montgomery (Sultan), Zach Bencal (Babkak), Mike Longo (Kassim), Reggie De Leon (Iago), Philippe Arroyo (Omar)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of the newly launched tour. A terrific cast and a few new small variations to accommodate the tour on the road. A+

Aladdin - First National Tour - January 19, 2018 (Highlights) (thehouseonsunset's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), Courtney Reed (Jasmine), Jonathan Weir (Jafar), Michael James Scott (Genie), JC Montgomery (Sultan), Zach Bencal (Babkak), Mike Longo (Kassim), Reggie De Leon (Iago), Philippe Arroyo (Omar), Jaz Sealey (Prince Abdullah), Olivia Donalson (Fortune Teller), Michael Graceffa (Shop Owner), Bobby Daye (Razoul), Albert Jennings, Annie Wallace, Charles South, Mary Antonini

NOTES: ACT ONE ONLY!!! Taken with a GoPro Camera. There is no Zooms but a clear view of the entire stage . There are some heads blocking the view and I occasionally tilt the camera by accident.

Aladdin - First National Tour - March 7, 2019 (Matinee) (thehouseonsunset's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Clinton Greenspan (Aladdin), Lissa deGuzman (Jasmine), Jonathan Weir (Jafar), Major Attaway (Genie), Jerald Vincent (Sultan), Zach Bencal (Babkak), Jed Feder (Kassim), Jay Paranada (Iago), Michael Bullard (u/s Omar), Albert Jennings (s/w Prince Abdullah), Olivia Donalson (Fortune Teller), Erik Hernandez (Shop Owner), Albert Jennings (e/c Razoul)

NOTES: A kids head blocks my shot from time to time but not throughout the entire video. Video ends right before Aladdin and Jasmine get onto the magic carpet.

Aladdin - Pre-Broadway / Toronto - November 3, 2013 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), Courtney Reed (Jasmine), Jonathan Freeman (Jafar), James Monroe Iglehart (Genie), Clifton Davis (Sultan), Brian Gonzales (Babkak), Brandon O'Neill (Kassim), Don Darryl Rivera (Iago), Jonathan Schwartz (Omar)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture with no obstructions! Disney's newest theatrical production with a wonderful cast and lots of big production numbers. Sure to be some changes before it hits Broadway! A+

Aladdin - Stuttgart - July, 2019 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Leon de Graaf (Aladdin), Nienke Latten (Jasmine), Paolo Bianca (Jafar), Philipp Tobias Hägeli (Genie), Claus Dam (Sultan), Tobias Weis (Babkak), Nicolas Christahl (Kassim), Eric Minsk (Iago), Robin Cadet (Omar), Devon Braithwaite (Prince Abdullah), Paola Fareri (Fortune Teller)

NOTES: No zooms, pretty overexposed and white-washed but captures all the action and has great sound.

Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant - Joe's Pub - June 30, 2018 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (SD) CAST: Alan Cumming (Alan Cumming)

 Albion - London - 2020 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (HD) CAST: Nigel Betts (Edward), Edyta Budnik (Krystyna), Angel Coulby (Anna), Daisy Edgar-Jones (Zara), Dónal Finn (Gabriel), Victoria Hamilton (Audrey Walters), Margot Leicester (Cheryl), Nicholas Rowe (Paul Walters), Helen Schlesinger (Katherine Sanchez)

NOTES: Proshot for BBC Four. Aired on August 17, 2020.

Alice at the Palace - Broadway - July, 1981 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Meryl Streep (Alice), Debbie Allen (Red Queen)

NOTES: Filmed without an audience on a sound stage, songs synced to pre-recorded tracks. Released commercially through Broadway Theatre Archive.

Alice By Heart - Off-Broadway - March, 2019 (StarCuffedJeans's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Molly Gordon (Alice Spencer/Alice), Colton Ryan (Alfred Hallam/White Rabbit/March Hare), Wesley Taylor (Harold Pudding/Mad Hatter/Pigeon/Knave of Spades/Mock Mock Turtle), Noah Galvin (Dodgy/Duchess/Dodo/Mock Mock Mock Mock Turtle), Catherine Ricafort (Clarissa/Canary/Queen of Diamonds/Mock Mock Mock Turtle), Kim Blanck (Tabatha/Cheshire Cat/Caterpillar 2), Grace McLean (Red Cross Nurse/Queen of Hearts/Magpie), Heath Saunders (Angus/Caterpillar/Knave of Hearts), Andrew Kober (Dr Butridge/King of Hearts/Duck/Jabberwocky/Mock Turtle), Mia DiLena, Zachary Downer

NOTES: Really beautiful shot in an intimate space. Lots of zooms, but a good amount of wider shots too with a very limited (almost nonexistent) amount of heads. The lighting in this theater really liked my camera and I know the show almost “by heart” so I think I followed the action as well as possible. My battery died during the last song, but it starts at the very beginning with only one drop out during dialogue.

Alien: The Play - North Bergen, NJ High School - April 26, 2019 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (4K) CAST: NJ High School Cast

NOTES: 4K, 8.11gb.

Alive! The Zombie Musical - In Concert - Pershing Square Signature Center (New York Musical Festival) - July 29, 2019 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Amanda Jane Cooper, Zach Adkins, Nicholas Belton, Lindsay Nicole Chambers, and Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Chris Dwan, Blaine Krauss, Mary Page Nance, Alex Gibson, Kennedy Caughell, and Daisy Hobbs.

NOTES: - ALIVE! was presented in concert on July 29th at 8pm at the Signature Theatre in NYC, starring; Amanda Jane Cooper, Zach Adkins, Nicholas Belton, Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Blaine Krauss, Chris Dwan, Alex Gibson, Mary Page Nance, Kennedy Caughell, and Daisy Hobbs. Directed by David Ruttura and Music Direction by Taylor Peckham. https://www.playbill.com/article/alive-the-zombie-musical-in-concert-starring-amanda-jane-cooper-zach-adkins-nicholas-belton-will-be-available-for-streaming A concert version of Alive! The Zombie Musical, which was presented in July 2019 at the Pershing Square Signature Center as part of the New York Musical Festival.

All About Eve - West End - April 11, 2019 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  AVI (HD) CAST: Gillian Anderson (Channing), Lily James (Eve), Rhashan Stone (Lloyd), Jessie Mei Li (Claudia Casswell), Sheila Reid (Birdie), Monica Dolan (Karen)

NOTES: Proshot for NT Live

All My Sons - The Old Vic - May 14, 2019 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  TS (HD) CAST: Bill Pullman (Joe Keller), Jenna Coleman (Ann Deever), Sally Field (Kate Keller), Colin Morgan (Chris Keller), Sule Rimi (Dr. Bayliss), Oliver Johnstone (George Deever)

All Or Nothing - West End - 2018 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Carol Harrison (Kay Marriot), Chris Simmons (Steve Marriot)

All Shook Up - Broadway - April 9, 2005 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Cheyenne Jackson (Chad), Jenn Gambatese (Natalie Haller/Ed), Sharon Wilkins (Sylvia), Nikki M James (Lorraine), Mark Price (Dennis), Jonathan Hadary (Jim Haller), Alix Korey (Mayor Matilda Hyde), Curtis Holbrook (Dean Hyde), John Jellison (Sheriff Earl), Leah Hocking (Miss Sandra)

NOTES: Includes NY1 interview

Allegiance - Broadway - 2015 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Lea Salonga (Kei Kimura), George Takei (Sam Kimura/Ojii-chan), Telly Leung (Sammy Kimura), Katie Rose Clarke (Hannah Campbell), Michael K Lee (Frankie Suzuki), Christòpheren Nomura (Tatsuo Kimura), Greg Watanabe (Mike Masaoka), Darren Lee (Dr. Tanaka/Ben Masaoka), Rumi Oyama (Mrs. Tanaka), Shea Renne (Betsy Tanaka), Scott Watanabe (Mr. Maruyama), Janelle Toyomi Dote (Mrs. Maruyama/Executor), Aaron J Albano (Tom Maruyama), Momoko Sugai (Peggy Maruyama), Marcus Choi (Johnny Goto), Elena Wang (Nan Goto), Dan Horn (Private Evans/Recruiting Officer/Big Band Singer), Scott Wise (Director Dillon/Farmer/Photographer), Kevin Munhall (Private Knight/Federal Agent/Tule Lake Guard)

NOTES: The Collector's Edition DVD from the Box Set

Altar Boyz - National Tour - May 4, 2007 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: James Royce Edwards (Matthew), Dan Domenech (Juan), Dan Pachecho (Abraham), Tyler McGee (Luke), Danny Calvert (Mark)

I Am Harvey Milk - Gay Men’s Chorus Of Los Angeles - 35th Anniversary Concert - July 19, 2014 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Andrew Lippa (Harvey Milk), Alexandra Silber (Soprano), Quinn Morrissey (Young Harvey Milk)

NOTES: Great capture with no washout, obstruction or blackouts; filmed in 16:9, mostly moving between wide shots to capture the chorus and close-ups to capture the soloists. Great clear picture and sound. Includes curtain call and playbill scans. Also included are 36 minutes of highlights of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles's 35th Anniversary Concert that preceded I Am Harvey Milk.

I Am My Own Wife - Broadway - November 19, 2003 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Jefferson Mays (Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, et al.)

NOTES: Great video, great show with lots of close ups.

Amadeus - National Theatre - February 2, 2017 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (SD) CAST: Adam Gillen (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), Luciene Msamat (Antonio Salieri), Karla Crome (Constanze Weber), Fleur deBray (Katherina Cavalieri), Wendy Dawn Thompson (Teresa Salieri), Tom Edden (Joseph II, Emperor of Austria), Geoffrey Beevers (Baron van Swieten), Andrew MacBean (Guiseppe Bonno), Alexandra Mathie (Count Johann Kilian Von Strack), Hugh Sacks (Count Orsini-Rosenberg), Everal Walsh (Major Domo)

Amazing Grace - Pre-Broadway - October 29, 2014 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  MKV (SD) CAST: Erin Mackey (Mary Catlett), Josh Young (John Newton), Stanley Bahorek (Robert Haweis), Chuck Cooper (Pakuteh (Thomas)), Harriett D Foy (Princess Peyai), Tom Hewitt (Captain Newton), Chris Hoch (Major Gray)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of the ProBroadway tryout. Josh is in beautiful voice here in the story behind one of the World's most famous songs! A very solid cast and production. A

American Idiot - Berkeley - October 4, 2009 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: John Gallagher Jr (Johnny), Michael Esper (Will), Matt Caplan (Tunny), Tony Vincent (St. Jimmy), Rebecca Naomi Jones (Whatsername), Mary Faber (Heather), Christina Sajous (Extraordinary Girl)

NOTES: Stunning capture of a wonderful production. The cast is fabulous and bursting with energy. Beautifully sang, executed, arranged and a very talented cast! A+

American Idiot - Broadway - February 19, 2011 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: John Gallagher Jr (Johnny), Michael Esper (Will), Van Hughes (s/b Tunny), Billie Joe Armstrong (St. Jimmy), Rebecca Naomi Jones (Whatsername), Jeanna de Waal (Heather), Libby Winters (u/s Extraordinary Girl), Chase Peacock, Gerard Canonico, Jennifer Bowles

NOTES: Probably the only full capture of the show with the lead vocalist of Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong in the role of St. Jimmy.

American Idiot - Los Angeles - 2015 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  AVI (HD) CAST: Alec Cyganowski (Johnny), Matt Magnusson (Will), Payson Lewis (Tunny), Caitlin Ary (St. Jimmy), Lindsay Pearce (Whatsername), Briana Cuoco (Heather), Bianca Gisselle (Extraordinary Girl), Abraham Lim (Favorite Son), Casey Hayden, Jordan Booker, Reesa Ishiyama, Zach Zagoria

American Idiot - Third National Tour - May 15, 2014 (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Jared Nepute (Johnny), Casey O’Farrell (Will), Dan Tracy (Tunny), Carson Higgins (St. Jimmy), Olivia Puckett (Whatsername), Mariah MacFarlane (Heather), Taylor Iman Jones (Extraordinary Girl), Antwaun Holley (Favorite Son), Alex Boniello, Alison Morooney, Andrew Humann, Antwaun Holley, Chelsea Turbin, Josephine Spada, Liam Fennecken, Michael Pilato, Sean Garner, Turner Rose Jr

An American in Paris - West End - May, 2017 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (SD) CAST: Robert Fairchild (Jerry Mulligan), Leanne Cope (Lise Dassin), David Seadon-Young (Adam Hochberg), Zoë Rainey (Milo Davenport), Haydn Oakley (Henri Baurel), Jane Asher (Madame Baurel), Ashley Andrews (Mr. Z), Julian Forsyth (Monsieur Baurel), Julia J Nagle (Olga)

NOTES: Aired as part of PBS Great Performances on November 2, 2018. Can be found on BroadwayHD to stream. File info and quality varies across traders, therefore ask them before trading. One file that is being traded is 10.29GB, a WEB-DL from Amazon that includes soft-subtitles.

American Psycho - Broadway - March 29, 2016 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Benjamin Walker (Patrick Bateman), Jennifer Damiano (Jean), Drew Moerlein (Paul Owen), Alice Ripley (Svetlana/Mrs. Bateman/Mrs. Wolfe), Heléne Yorke (Evelyn Williams), Dave Thomas Brown (David Van Patten), Anna Eilinsfeld (Victoria), Ericka Hunter (Video Store Clerk/Sabrina), Theo Stockman (Timothy Price), Alex Michael Stoll (ATM/Craig McDermott/Tom Cruise)

NOTES: Excellent capture of the new dark musical transfer from the West End. Great cast and wonderful 80s style and inspired musical. A

Amélie - Berkeley Repertory Theatre - September 5, 2015 (Preview) (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Samantha Barks (Amélie Poulain), Savvy Crawford (Young Amélie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Nino Quincampoix), Tony Sheldon (Raymond Dufayel / Collignon), John Hickok (Raphaël Poulain / Bretodeau), Alison Cimmet (Amandine Poulain / Philomene), Maria-Christina Oliveras (Suzanne), Carla Duren (Gina), Alyse Alan Louis (Georgette / Sylvie / Collignon's Mother), Randy Blair (Hipolito / Suicidal Tourist / Elton John), Perry Sherman (Lucien / Mysterious Man), Perry Sherman (Adrien Wells/Wallace), Paul Whitty (Fluffy / Collignon's Father), Paul Whitty (Joseph), David Andino (Blind Beggar), David Andino (Garden Gnome)

NOTES: An adorable and charming new show premiering at Berkeley Repertory. Samantha, Adam, and Savvy are fantastic in their roles, the music is gorgeous, and the sets are beautiful and clever. A very nice capture with just one quick dropout and one small head that can occasionally be seen at the bottom of the screen but never blocks the action. It’s filmed in 16:9, with a mix of wides, mediums and close-ups. The sound is excellent. The show runs 1 hour and 40 minutes with no intermission. Includes curtain call and playbill scans. A

Amélie - Broadway - March 29, 2017 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Phillipa Soo (Amélie Poulain), Savvy Crawford (Young Amélie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Nino Quincampoix), Tony Sheldon (Raymond Dufayel / Collignon), Manoel Felciano (Raphaël Poulain / Bretodeau), Alison Cimmet (Amandine Poulain / Philomene), Harriett D Foy (Suzanne), Maria-Christina Oliveras (Gina), Alyse Alan Louis (Georgette / Sylvie / Collignon's Mother), Randy Blair (Hipolito / Suicidal Tourist / Elton John), Heath Calvert (Lucien / Mysterious Man), Heath Calvert (Adrien Wells/Wallace), Paul Whitty (Fluffy / Collignon's Father), Paul Whitty (Joseph), David Andino (Blind Beggar), David Andino (Garden Gnome)

NOTES: Excellent HD capture of the new whimsical musical. The entire cast gives great performances in this fun and sweet tale of a dreamer! A-

Amélie - Broadway - May 12, 2017 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Phillipa Soo (Amélie Poulain), Savvy Crawford (Young Amélie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Nino Quincampoix), Tony Sheldon (Raymond Dufayel / Collignon), Manoel Felciano (Raphaël Poulain / Bretodeau), Alison Cimmet (Amandine Poulain / Philomene), Harriett D Foy (Suzanne), Maria-Christina Oliveras (Gina), Alyse Alan Louis (Georgette / Sylvie / Collignon's Mother), Randy Blair (Hipolito / Suicidal Tourist / Elton John), Heath Calvert (Lucien / Mysterious Man), Heath Calvert (Adrien Wells/Wallace), Paul Whitty (Fluffy / Collignon's Father), Paul Whitty (Joseph), David Andino (Blind Beggar), David Andino (Garden Gnome)

NOTES: Great HD capture a week before the closing performance. First 10 or so minutes are full stage shot, then zooming begins. Still a great cast with some great songs and moments in the show. A-

Amélie - Pre-Broadway/Los Angeles - December 4, 2016 (Preview) (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Phillipa Soo (Amélie Poulain), Savvy Crawford (Young Amélie), Adam Chanler-Berat (Nino Quincampoix), Tony Sheldon (Raymond Dufayel / Collignon), Manoel Felciano (Raphaël Poulain / Bretodeau), Alison Cimmet (Amandine Poulain / Philomene), Harriett D Foy (Suzanne), Maria-Christina Oliveras (Gina), Alyse Alan Louis (Georgette / Sylvie / Collignon's Mother), Randy Blair (Hipolito / Suicidal Tourist / Elton John), Heath Calvert (Lucien / Mysterious Man), Heath Calvert (Adrien Wells/Wallace), Paul Whitty (Fluffy / Collignon's Father), Paul Whitty (Joseph), David Andino (Blind Beggar), David Andino (Garden Gnome)

NOTES: This show is magical, Phillipa is captivating, and the entire ensemble is perfectly quirky. There have been a few changes since Berkeley that tighten up the show a bit and make it ready for Broadway. A near perfect capture with no washout, no obstruction, and just one very quick dropout. It’s filmed in 16:9, with a mix of wides, mediums, and close-ups. The sound is excellent. Includes curtain call and playbill scans.

Amélie - UK Tour - June, 2019 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Audrey Brisson (Amélie Poulain), Danny Mac (Nino Quincampoix), Johnson Willis (Raymond Dufayel / Collignon), Jez Unwin (Raphaël Poulain / Bretodeau), Rachel Dawson (Amandine Poulain / Philomene), Kate Robson-Stuart (Suzanne), Sophie Crawford (Gina), Faoileann Cunningham (Georgette / Sylvie / Collignon's Mother), Caolan McCarthy (Hipolito / Suicidal Tourist / Elton John), Oliver Grant (Lucien / Mysterious Man), Oliver Grant (Adrien Wells/Wallace), Samuel Morgan-Grahame (Fluffy / Collignon's Father), Samuel Morgan-Grahame (Joseph), Josh Sneesby (Blind Beggar), Josh Sneesby (Garden Gnome), Chris Jared (Raymond), Charley Magalit (Cecile), Emma Jane Morton (Delphine), Nuwan Hugh Perera (Jean-Yves)

Anastasia - Broadway - June 28, 2017 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Christy Altomare (Anya), Derek Klena (Dmitry), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb Vaganov), John Bolton (Vlad Popov), Caroline O’Connor (Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Mary Beth Peil (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna), Nicole Scimeca (Little Anastasia / Prince Alexei Romanov), Lauren Blackman (Tsarina Alexandra), Constantine Germanacos (Tsar Nicholas II / Count Ipolitov), Allison Walsh (Olga Romanov), Shina Ann Morris (Tatiana Romanov / Dunya), Sissy Bell (Maria Romanov / Marfa), Molly Rushing (Young Anastasia / Paulina), Ken Krugman (Count Leopold), Allison Walsh (Odette in Swan Lake), Kyle Brown (Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake), Wes Hart (Russian Doorman)

NOTES: Great HD capture of the Broadway transfer. There are a few short scenes/moments far stage right blocked by a head, but nothing major. Beautiful production, performances and cast to match! A-

 Anastasia - Broadway - September 6, 2017 (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Christy Altomare (Anya), Derek Klena (Dmitry), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb Vaganov), John Bolton (Vlad Popov), Caroline O’Connor (Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Mary Beth Peil (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna)

Anastasia - Broadway - September 17, 2017 (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Christy Altomare (Anya), Derek Klena (Dmitry), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb Vaganov), John Bolton (Vlad Popov), Caroline O’Connor (Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Mary Beth Peil (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna), Nicole Scimeca (Little Anastasia / Prince Alexei Romanov), Lauren Blackman (Tsarina Alexandra), Constantine Germanacos (Tsar Nicholas II / Count Ipolitov), Allison Walsh (Olga Romanov), Shina Ann Morris (Tatiana Romanov / Dunya), Sissy Bell (Maria Romanov / Marfa), Molly Rushing (Young Anastasia / Paulina), Ken Krugman (Gorlinsky), Ken Krugman (Count Leopold), Allison Walsh (Odette in Swan Lake), Kyle Brown (Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake), James A Pierce III (Von Rothbart in Swan Lake), Wes Hart (Russian Doorman), Janet Dickinson (Countess Gregory), Zach Adkins

NOTES: Actor's Benefit Performance. Includes post-show speeches.

Anastasia - Broadway - March 31, 2019 (Matinee) (Closing Night) (StarCuffedJeans's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Christy Altomare (Anya), Cody Simpson (Dmitry), Constantine Germanacos (Gleb Vaganov), John Bolton (Vlad Popov), Vicki Lewis (Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Penny Fuller (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna), Delilah Rose Pellow (Little Anastasia / Prince Alexei Romanov), Gail Bennett (Tsarina Alexandra), Tally Sessions (Tsar Nicholas II / Count Ipolitov), Allison Walsh (Olga Romanov), Shina Ann Morris (Tatiana Romanov / Dunya), Maria Briggs (Maria Romanov / Marfa), Molly Rushing (Young Anastasia / Paulina), Ken Krugman (Gorlinsky), Ken Krugman (Count Leopold), Allison Walsh (Odette in Swan Lake), Kyle Brown (Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake), Matt Wiercinski (Von Rothbart in Swan Lake), Wes Hart (Russian Doorman), Colby Dezelick, Janet Dickinson, Jennifer Smith, Justin Scott Brown

NOTES: Closing show! Or “rock concert” if you ask Christy Altomare. Yeah so this is a pretty obstructed video. Everyone was really excited so people were standing up, people were moving around, and honestly I had a little trouble paying attending to my viewfinder with all of the tears streaming down my face. Like Beetlejuice I would say it’s mostly like highlights, but all of the things that happen in the center part of the stage are captured really well and the video is DEFINITELY Christy centric. “Journey to the Past” is complete and gorgeous and you will cry. First act starts around when Anya meets Dmitry and the second act starts during “Crossing A Bridge.”

Anastasia - Broadway - January, 2019 (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Christy Altomare (Anya), Cody Simpson (Dmitry), Constantine Germanacos (Gleb Vaganov), John Bolton (Vlad Popov), Vicki Lewis (Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Penny Fuller (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna), Delilah Rose Pellow (Little Anastasia / Prince Alexei Romanov), Lauren Blackman (Tsarina Alexandra), Tally Sessions (Tsar Nicholas II / Count Ipolitov), Lyrica Woodruff (Olga Romanov), Kelli Youngman (Tatiana Romanov / Dunya), Maria Briggs (Maria Romanov / Marfa), Molly Rushing (Young Anastasia / Paulina), Ken Krugman (Gorlinsky), Ken Krugman (Count Leopold), Lyrica Woodruff (Odette in Swan Lake), Kyle Brown (Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake), James A Pierce III (Von Rothbart in Swan Lake), Wes Hart (Russian Doorman)

NOTES: A beautiful video of the show, with newcomer Cody Simpson.

Anastasia - First National Tour - February 28, 2019 (mynewfavoriteday's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Lila Coogan (Anya), Stephen Brower (Dmitry), Jason Michael Evans (Gleb Vaganov), Edward Staudenmayer (Vlad Popov), Tari Kelly (Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Joy Franz (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna), Victoria Bingham (Little Anastasia / Prince Alexei Romanov), Lucy Horton (Tsarina Alexandra), Michael McCorry Rose (Tsar Nicholas II / Count Ipolitov), Claire Rathbun (Olga Romanov), Kourtney Keitt (Tatiana Romanov / Dunya), Taylor Quick (Young Anastasia / Paulina), Fred Inkley (Gorlinsky), Fred Inkley (Count Leopold), Claire Rathbun (Odette in Swan Lake), Mark MacKillop (Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake), Ronnie S Bowman Jr (Von Rothbart in Swan Lake), Peter Garza (Russian Doorman)

NOTES: Great capture of this wonderful touring company with no obstructions except for a head leaning into the frame for a second or two in Act One. Filmed with a mix of wides, mediums, and close-ups, and there’s only a couple instances of wandering after applause (limited to early in Act One) and no major dropouts.

Anastasia - Pre-Broadway / Hartford - June 15, 2016 (Matinee) (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Christy Altomare (Anya), Derek Klena (Dmitry), Manoel Felciano (Gleb Vaganov), John Bolton (Vlad Popov), Caroline O’Connor (Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Mary Beth Peil (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna), Nicole Scimeca (Little Anastasia / Prince Alexei Romanov), Molly Rushing (Young Anastasia / Paulina)

Anastasia - Scheveningen - January, 2020 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master) FORMAT:  MTS CAST: Tessa Sunniva van Tol (Anya), Milan van Waardenburg (Dmitry), Yannick Plugers (u/s Gleb Vaganov), Ad Knippels (Vlad Popov), Melise de Winter (u/s Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Liz Snojink (alt Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna)

NOTES: MTS, somewhat shaky but good quality

Anastasia - Scheveningen - October, 2019 (Rumpel's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Tessa Sunniva van Tol (Anya), Milan van Waardenburg (Dmitry), René van Kooten (Gleb Vaganov), Ad Knippels (Vlad Popov), Ellen Evers (Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Liz Snojink (alt Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna), Steven Roox (Tsar Nicholas II / Count Ipolitov)

NOTES: Unfortunately, one of the key scenes (approx. 2 minutes) in the end, right after „A simple thing (Reprise)“, is missing. The very last minute of the finale was captured though.

Anastasia - Stuttgart - February, 2019 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Alexandra Alexandrova (u/s Anya), Milan van Waardenburg (Dmitry), Mathias Edenborn (Gleb Vaganov), Thorsten Tinney (Vlad Popov), Jacqueline Braun (Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Daniela Ziegler (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna)

Ann - Austin, TX - May 4-15, 2016 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (SD) CAST: Holland Taylor (Ann Richards), Julie White (Voice of Nancy Kohler)

NOTES: ANN is a no-holds-barred portrait of Ann Richards, the legendary governor of Texas. This inspiring and hilarious new play brings us face to face with a complex, colorful and captivating character bigger than the state from which she hailed. Written and performed by Emmy® Award winner Holland Taylor (“Two and a Half Men"), ANN takes a revealing look at the impassioned woman who enriched the lives of her followers, friends and family.

Anna in the Tropics - Broadway - December 11, 2003 FORMAT:  MKV (SD) CAST: Victor Argo (Santiago), David Zayas (Cheché), Priscilla Lopez (Ofelia), Vanessa Aspillaga (Marela), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Conchita), Jimmy Smits (Juan Julián), John Ortiz (Eliades)

Annie - Broadway - September 30, 1980 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Allison Smith (Annie), Betty Hutton (Miss Hannigan), Conrad John Schuck (Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks), Kathryn Boule (Grace Farrell), Gary Beach (Rooster Hannigan), Rita Rudner (Lily St. Regis), Jennine Babo (Molly), Caroline Daly (Pepper), Stacey Lynn Brass (Duffy), Martha Byrne (July), Tiffany Blake (Tessie)

NOTES: Looks about how you’d expect for a video this old. Serious gen loss (both softness and rainbowing), decent but not great audio.

​ Annie - North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly MA - 2012 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (SD) CAST: Lauren Weintraub (Annie), Jacquelyn Piro Donovan (Miss Hannigan), Raymond Jaramillo McLeod (Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks), Jessica Tyler Wright (Grace Farrell)

NOTES: Pro-shot. Presented "in-the-round" by the North Shore Music Theatre. Filmed using one camera on a tripod with audio patched in from the sound board. The disc also includes a three minute highlights montage used for promotional purposes.

Annie - Plays In The Park - June, 2011 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (SD) CAST: Emma Schwartz (Annie), Vicki Tripodo (Miss Hannigan), Todd Fenstermaker (Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks), Gabrielle Visser (Grace Farrell), Randy Accardi (Rooster Hannigan), Allison Foote (Lily St. Regis)

NOTES: A Pro-Shot Archival video of the Plays in the Park production

Annie - Second Dutch Tour - December 8, 2019 (Rumpel's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Dalia Neeskens (Annie), Willemijn Verkaik (Miss Hannigan), Edwin Jonker (Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks), Eva van Gessel (Grace Farrell), Sjoerd Spruijt (Rooster Hannigan), Myrthe Huber (Lily St. Regis), Doris Baaten (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge - Kennedy Center (Washington DC) - December 23, 1989 FORMAT:  MKV (SD) CAST: Danielle Findley (Annie), Dorothy Loudon (Miss Hannigan), Harve Presnell (Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks), Lauren Mitchell (Grace Farrell), Marian Seldes (Marietta Christmas), Terrence P Currier (Drake), Ronny Graham (Lionel McCoy), TJ Meyers (Babe Ruth), Raymond Thorne (F.D.R.), Scott Robertson (Charlie Spinoli)

NOTES: This first attempt at a sequel to Annie, Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge, opened at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. in December 1989 to universally disastrous reviews.
Extensive reworking of the script and score proved futile, and the project ended before officially reaching Broadway; newly surfaced video was filmed from the balcony. Shot between heads, and the balcony railing is visible, but not too bad-you still get a good feel for the show. Recorded at the second night performance. Some generational loss. B

Annie Get Your Gun - Broadway - 1999 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Bernadette Peters (Annie Oakley), Tom Wopat (Frank Butler), Valerie Wright (Dolly Tate), Peter Marx (Charlie Davenport)

Antigone - Barbican Theatre - April 26, 2015 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (HD) CAST: Juliette Binoche (Antigone), Patrick O'Kane (Creon), Finbar Lynch (Tiresias), Kirsty Bushell (Ismene), Samuel Edward-Cook (Haemon), Kathryn Pogson (Eurydice)

NOTES: Proshot. Cameras exclusively capture the Oscar-winning Frenchactress Juliette Binoche playing the title role in Sophocles's tale of family loyalty, courage and tragedy. The Barbican's visionary new English language translation by TS Eliot Prize-winning poet and classicist Anne Carson is directed by renowned Belgian theatre director Ivo van Hove.

Anyone Can Whistle - Carnegie Hall Concert - April 8, 1995 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (HD) CAST: Madeline Kahn (Cora Hoover Hooper), Bernadette Peters (Fay Apple), Scott Bakula (J. Bowden Hapgood), Walter Bobbie (Comptroller Schub), Nick Wyman (Dr. Detmold), Chip Zien (Treasurer Cooley), Ken Page (Chief Magruder)

Anyone Can Whistle - Encores! - April 10, 2010 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Donna Murphy (Cora Hoover Hooper), Sutton Foster (Fay Apple), Raúl Esparza (J. Bowden Hapgood), Edward Hibbert (Comptroller Schub), Patrick Wetzel (Dr. Detmold), Jeff Blumenkrantz (Treasurer Cooley), John Ellison Conlee (Chief Magruder), Max Kumangai (Martin), Tally Sessions (George), Holly Ann Butler (Osgood), Sara Jean Ford (June), Michael Marcotte (John), Linda Griffin (Mrs. Schroeder), Dana Steingold (Baby Joan), Anthony Wayne, Clyde Alves, Eric Sciotto, Grasan Kingsberry

NOTES: Includes the talkback with Stephen Sondheim, Casey Nicholaw and others.

Anything Goes - Berlin - 1993 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Helen Schneider, Ralf Wolter, Hartwig Rudolz, Cusch Jung, Michelle Becker, Alfred Müller, Monica Solem

NOTES: The footage is all over the place, the show IS NOT IN ORDER. Includes extra footage from dressing rooms, backstage and the wings. This footage seems to have been a shot by one of the cast or crew.

Anything Goes - Second Broadway Revival - April 3, 2011 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Sutton Foster (Reno Sweeney), Colin Donnell (Billy Crocker), Laura Osnes (Hope Harcourt), Joel Grey (Moonface Martin), Adam Godley (Lord Evelyn Oakleigh), Jessica Walter (Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt), John McMartin (Elisha J. Whitney), Jessica Stone (Erma)

NOTES: Sensational revival and stunning production. Sutton of course is talented beyond words and it truely shows. Such a fun revival and everything is beautifully captured here. A

Anything Goes - Second Broadway Revival - November 15, 2011 FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Stephanie J Block (Reno Sweeney), Colin Donnell (Billy Crocker), Erin Mackey (Hope Harcourt), Joel Grey (Moonface Martin), Adam Godley (Lord Evelyn Oakleigh), Kelly Bishop (Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt)

NOTES: Great audio and video, but the mic seems to get covered midway through the second act until the end of the recording, muting the audio quite severely.

Anything Goes - Second Broadway Revival - November 19, 2011 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Stephanie J Block (Reno Sweeney), Colin Donnell (Billy Crocker), Erin Mackey (Hope Harcourt), Joel Grey (Moonface Martin), Adam Godley (Lord Evelyn Oakleigh), Kelly Bishop (Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt), John McMartin (Elisha J. Whitney), Jessica Stone (Erma)

NOTES: Stephanie makes a remarkable Reno with such a voice and quite different from Sutton. Everything is nicely captured here and includes the new replacements Erin and Jessica. The last four minutes, which is the end of the wedding are audio only. A

Anything Goes - Third National Tour - November 30, 2012 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Rachel York (Reno Sweeney), Erich Bergen (Billy Crocker), Alex Finke (Hope Harcourt), Fred Applegate (Moonface Martin), Edward Staudenmayer (Lord Evelyn Oakleigh), Sandra Shipley (Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt), Dennis Kelly (Elisha J. Whitney), Joyce Chittick (Erma)

NOTES: One head on the right side of the screen, but it never blocks the action; no blackouts and very little washout throughout the show. Filmed in 16:9 with a mix of wides, mediums, and close-ups. Great sound; video includes curtain call and BC/EFA speech.

Anything Goes - Third National Tour - March 23, 2013 (Lanelle's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Rachel York (Reno Sweeney), Josh Franklin (Billy Crocker), Alex Finke (Hope Harcourt), Fred Applegate (Moonface Martin)

Anything Goes - Third National Tour - September 29, 2013 (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Rachel York (Reno Sweeney), Josh Franklin (Billy Crocker), Alex Finke (Hope Harcourt), Fred Applegate (Moonface Martin), Edward Staudenmayer (Lord Evelyn Oakleigh), Sandra Shipley (Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt), Dennis Kelly (Elisha J. Whitney), Joyce Chittick (Erma), Vincent Rodriguez III (Luke), Marcus Shane (John), Chuck Wagner (Captain), Jeff Brooks (Purser)

Applause - CBS Television Adaptation - March 15, 1973 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  AVI (SD) CAST: Lauren Bacall (Margo Channing), Penny Fuller (Eve Harrington), Larry Hagman (Bill Sampson), Robert Mandan (Howard Benedict), Harvey Evans (Duane Fox), Rod McLennan (Buzz Richards), Sarah Marshall (Karen Richards)

NOTES: Good copy for 1973. There is a horizontal black bar near the bottom of the screen, but it doesn't cover any of the action.

Applause - New York City Center - Encores! - February 10, 2008 (Closing Night) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Christine Ebersole (Margo Channing), Erin Davie (Eve Harrington), Michael Park (Bill Sampson), Tom Hewitt (Howard Benedict), Mario Cantone (Duane Fox), Chip Zien (Buzz Richards), Kate Burton (Karen Richards), Megan Sikora (Bonnie)

NOTES: often gets listed as February 8th or February 9th. Time stamp at very beginning says FEB 10 2008 

The Apple Tree - Broadway (2006 Revival) - January 20, 2007 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Kristin Chenoweth (Eve/Princess Barbára/Ella and Passionella), Brian d'Arcy James (Adam/Captain Sanjar/Flip, the Prince, Charming), Marc Kudisch (Snake/Balladeer/Narrator)

NOTES: Includes a review and news segment from NY1.

The Apple Tree - Broadway (2006 Revival) - February 11, 2007 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Kristin Chenoweth (Eve/Princess Barbára/Ella and Passionella), Brian d'Arcy James (Adam/Captain Sanjar/Flip, the Prince, Charming), Marc Kudisch (Snake/Balladeer/Narrator), Walter Charles (King Arik/Mr. Fallible/Producer)

NOTES: Beautiful capture of this charming show which features three different stories. This show really show cases Kristin's amazing talent and such a wonderful production! A

The Apple Tree - Encores! - May 13, 2005 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Kristin Chenoweth (Eve/Princess Barbára/Ella and Passionella), Malcolm Gets (Adam/Captain Sanjar/Flip, the Prince, Charming), Michael Cerveris (Snake/Balladeer/Narrator), Daniel Marcus (King Arik/Mr. Fallible/Producer), Krisha Marcano (Nadjira)

Aren't We All? - Broadway - June 2, 1985 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Rex Harrison, Claudette Colbert, Lynn Redgrave, Jeremy Brett, George Rose, George Ede, Brenda Forbes, John Patrick Hurly, Leslie O'Hara, Peter Pagan, Ned Schmidtke, Steven Sutherland

NOTES: *Excellent video and very good sound for the time, although the first minute of the show is blacked out. Includes about 7 minutes of stage door footage showing Rex Harrison leaving the theatre, and minimally interacting with the fans. *B+

Artus Excalibur - St. Gallen, Switzerland - March 25, 2014 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Patrick Stanke (Artus), Annemieke van Dam (Guinevere), Mark Seibert (Lancelot), Thomas Borchert (Merlin), Sabrina Weckerlin (Morgana), Robert Johansson (Loth), Kevin Foster (Gareth), Gero Wendorff (Lucan)

NOTES: Beautiful multicam proshot of a wonderful show and cast.

Artus Excalibur - Tecklenburg - 2016 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Armin Kahl (Artus), Milica Jovanovic (Guinevere), Dominik Hees (Lancelot), Kevin Tarte (Merlin), Roberta Valentini (Morgana)

Asking For It - Birmingham - February, 2020 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master) FORMAT:  MTS CAST: Dawn Bradfield (Mam), Lauren Coe (Emma), Seán Doyle (Sean), Liam Heslin (Bryan), Amy McElhatton (Maggie), Tiernan Messitt-Greene (Connor), Simon O'Gorman (Dad)

NOTES: MTS T/W for this show: descriptions of sexual assault & attempted suicide

Aspects of Love - Broadway - March 1, 1991 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Sarah Brightman (Rose Vibert), Kevin Cullum (Alex Dillingham), Barry Ingham (George Dillingham)

Aspects of Love - London - 1989 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Ann Crumb (Rose Vibert), Michael Ball (Alex Dillingham), Kevin Colson (George Dillingham), Kathleen Rowe McAllen (Guilietta Trapani), Diana Morrison (Jenny)

Aspects of Love - Off West End - January, 2019 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Kelly Price (Rose Vibert), Felix Mosse (Alex Dillingham), Jérôme Pradon (George Dillingham), Madalena Alberto (Guilietta Trapani), Eleanor Walsh (Jenny), Minal Patel (Marcel), Julia J Nagle (Elizabeth), Jason Kajdi (Hugo), Jack Churms (Jerome), Eleanor Jackson

NOTES: MP4, shot around heads

Assassins - Barcelona, Spain - 1997 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Albert Muntanyola (The Proprietor), Miquel Fernández (The Balladeer), Gabi Doz (Lee Harvey Oswald), Benjamí Conesa (John Wilkes Booth), Eva Losanda (Billy), Natàlia Sau (Sara Jane Moore), Eva Folch (Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme), Daniel Claramunt (John Hinckley, Jr.), Rafel Brunet (Giuseppe Zangara), Isa Mateu (Emma Goldman), Eduard Doncos (Leon Czolgosz), Xavier Mateu (Charles Guiteau), Jordi Font (David Herold)

NOTES: Catalan language production

Assassins - Broadway - May 29, 2004 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Marc Kudisch (The Proprietor), Neil Patrick Harris (Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald), Michael Cerveris (John Wilkes Booth), Eamon Foley (Billy), James Clow (President Gerald Ford/James Blaine), Becky Ann Baker (Sara Jane Moore), Mary Catherine Garrison (Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme), Alexander Gemignani (John Hinckley, Jr.), Mario Cantone (Samuel Byck), Jeffrey Kuhn (Giuseppe Zangara), James Barbour (Leon Czolgosz), Merwin Foard (President James Garfield), Denis O'Hare (Charles Guiteau)

NOTES: There are two full length videos of this production which circulate under various dates. This one is most commonly listed as May 29th, but has also been circulated as April 20th, or confused with the other April video and listed as the 4th or 10th. Check your screencaps to confirm which performance you have.

Assassins - Pegasus Players, Chicago IL - December 21, 1993 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Will Chase (The Balladeer), Scott Lowell (John Wilkes Booth), Meredith Brickett (Sara Jane Moore), Lori Scarlett (Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme), Christopher Eudy (John Hinckley, Jr.), Jeff Still (Samuel Byck), Stef Tovar (Leon Czolgosz), Chris McNamara (Charles Guiteau), Anthony Cesarelli

August: Osage County - Broadway - January 2, 2008 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Ian Barford (Little Charles), Deanna Dunagan (Violet Weston), Kimberly Guerrero (Johnna Monevata), Francis Guinan (Charlie Aiken), Brian Kerwin (Steve Heidebrecht), Dennis Letts (Beverly Weston), Madeleine Martin (Jean Fordham), Mariann Mayberry (Karen Weston), Amy Morton (Barbara Fordham), Sally Murphy (Ivy Weston), Jeff Perry (Bill Fordham), Rondi Reed (Mattie Fae Aiken), Troy West (Sheriff Deon Gilbeau)

Avenue Q - Janesville, Wisconsin - March, 2012 (House-Cam's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Deshawn Christiansen (Gary Coleman), Nicki Dougherty (Christmas Eve), Dan Houser (Brian)

NOTES: Single cam on tripod, soundboard. Good zooms, follows action well.

Avenue Q - Janesville, Wisconsin - March, 2012 (House-Cam's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Deshawn Christiansen (Gary Coleman), Nicki Dougherty (Christmas Eve), Dan Houser (Brian)

NOTES: Single cam on tripod, soundboard. Good zooms, follows action well.

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Never Give Up - Gwilym Lee x F!Reader

Word Count: +/- 3200

Summary: Y/N starts to be really depressed as she doesn’t know why she cannot get pregnant but her husband Gwilym is extremely supportive. 

Warnings: Fertility issues, angst and fluff

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“Are you ready honey?”

You heard your husband calling you from downstairs. You looked at yourself in the mirror one last time, checking your hair and your makeup. Well, there was not much more you could do. You had tried to hide the tiredness but you were afraid it was still showing. You grabbed your little clutch on the bed and joined Gwilym who was waiting for you. He was so handsome in his suit, you could not believe that was the man you had married one year ago after three years of perfect love.

“What a lucky girl I am” you said, pecking his lips.

“You look amazing darling. Should we go?”

“Absolutely”

You were both going the London premiere of the new film your friend Ben was starring in. He had kindly invited you and you were really excited to go. He was part of the family now. You were really happy that he was part of the great cast Gwilym had worked with. He was there at your wedding and often came to the house for dinner. Of course you would be here to support him in this new project.

It was a lovely night and the temperature was perfect for you not to have a wear a coat with your dress. The cab was waiting for you in front of the house, the journey was going to take some time, especially with the evening traffic but you did not mind as long as you were with your man. He had come home from rehearsal just in time to start getting ready and you were happy to have a little bit of time to talk. He was really into this next play, Richard II but at least you were glad he did not have to go away to shoot a film.

“How was your day love?” you enquired

“It was good. We’ve started working on the last act so it’s pretty exciting”

“Can’t wait to see that. You know it’s one of my favourite play”

“I know and it’s stressing me out”

“Please, you’re going to be amazing. And you know I’m never wrong”

You were so proud of him and could barely believe how talented he was. He was so smart in his choices too, he was always so careful about his roles and you were really happy to see him going back on stage. You loved cinema of course but you loved live performances even more.

“Tell me about your day” he said

“Well… business as usual. We had a little party and that’s it”

“A party. What for?”

“Alice, one of my colleagues. She’s pregnant with her third kid so she’s leaving us to become a full time mom. She’s been here for quite a while so we decided to do a little something.”

You tried to say it as naturally as you could but it was hard, extremely hard. The cake, the kisses and congratulations had been a real torture for you. The reason was simple, you were not able to get pregnant even though you had been trying for more than a year now. You had stopped taking the pill a few months before your wedding, knowing that it could take a little bit of time and you did not want to waste time. But months had gone by and nothing. You wanted this kid so much. When you were younger you always said that you were not sure about having children, that it would depend on your future life, your partner and your position. Now you had almost everything and the only little thing that was missing from your life was destroying it.

“Was it okay for you?” Gwilym asked

He grabbed your hand inside his. He knew you were suffering from the situation. He had gone with you to all the doctor’s appointments, listened to your complaints and comforted you when you cried. He wanted to make a family as much as you did and he was being so patient. All the results had came back clear, there was no reason you could not conceive and that was the thing that made you the angriest. Age was a factor of course and there was nothing you could do about it.

“It was okay.”

You tried to smile at him. You had decided to stop feeling sorry for yourself. You would find a solution. You knew time was running, especially as Gwil was getting older and he wanted to enjoy being with his kids as much as he could. You have talked about adoption but it was still to soon for you to think about it, to give up on your dream of giving birth. You had agreed on making a pause, stop trying to control it too closely, because maybe you were thinking too much.

“Love, you can tell me about it”

“Don’t worry. I’m not going to become mad everytime I see a pregnant woman you know. It’s a wonderful thing for Alice”

“I know. But it’s alright if you’re upset”

He knew you so well. You rested your face on his shoulder, taking a deep breath. If fact you had cried today. It was just too much, all the smiles, the touching the belly, talking about pregnancy, you had gone to the bathroom to let it go and came back with a fake smile on your face. You had tried to keep things a little more for yourself lately. Gwilym was extremely supportive and this was a battle you two were fighting but you did not want to put too much weight on his back. This new play was extremely important for him and you were tired to see life turning around your dream of becoming parents.

You had so much to be happy for. You had a work that you loved and you were hoping for a promotion in the near future. You had the best friends in the world, even if some were miles away they were always here for you no matter what, especially for the crazy moments to share. And you were going to spend the rest of your life with the most perfect human being on earth. It was enough you thought, it should be enough.

You were worried most of the time and it made you think that the stress was what kept you away from getting pregnant. You had nausea and terrible headaches just as you used to have during exam periods at university and that was not a sweet memory. You were going to see your GP tomorrow to see if there was anything to do about it. You had been able to hide from Gwil because you knew it would worry him and that was completely useless.

Gwilym saw that you did not want to talk about it anymore and changed the subject. You talked about next Christmas even though you still had a few months and how you would split your time between both of your families. It was one of you favourite time of the year because you were not able to see everybody that often anymore but it also meant buying presents and you knew that was going to be your job to do so. Gwilym hated to do Christmas shopping and was often clueless about what to buy. A few months ago you were dreaming about spending that time with a round belly and tell the news as a Christmas present this year, but you were going to have to pick socks and scarves as usual.

The car was pulling off and you could hear the screams of the fans in front of the theatre in Leicester square. You were not a big fan of these kind of events but it was for Ben and not much was asked from you. You would simply smile next to your husband until you got inside to enjoy the movie and congratulate your friend. The door opened and you took a deep breath, putting a smile on your face. You waited until Gwilym was next to you and put your arm around his, that made you feel more confident. You joined the line and waited until it was your time to go on the red carpet. Gwilym turned to you and looked at your whole look, by his gaze you could tell it wasn’t as bad as you thought.

“Honey”

“Yes?”

“This dress, it perfectly highlights your boobs”

Before you could say anything back you were asked to move on. That little shit, it was so him! He looked so innocent on the outside but he was the master of these kind of moves because he knew you would make him pay for it later on. But right now you were not turned on, you were just highly uncomfortable. You tried to look your best for the photos and smiled as some fans were really excited to see Gwilym. You knew some of them were probably here because of Ben and their friendship was something they loved. He took a few pictures with some of them with you waiting patiently but you did not mind at all. You loved to see him so happy.

Still, you felt a lot better once inside. You were again surrounded by people you didn't know but the pressure was minor compared to outside. You knew Gwil would probably have to say hi to a lot of people and it was the perfect time for you to go to the ladies. You kissed his cheek, telling him you would not take long and went.

You found the bathrooms quite easily and you were surprised to see they were empty. You looked at your reflection in the mirror and focused on you breast, mentally cursing Gwilym for his little comment earlier. He was not wrong though. Your boobs looked bigger in it than they had when you had bought the dress a few weeks ago. You touched them and felt they were sore even though they were not especially compressed. You frowned and went in one the cubicles to do what you had to, not an easy business with that dress.

You heard someone getting inside the toilets and some noises. As you went outside you found a woman desperately trying to find something in her purse.

“I’m so sorry” she said to you “but would you have a tampon or sanitary towel”

You looked inside your clutch and handed a little tampon. You always made sure to have one on you, since you had stopped taking the pill your periods were highly irregular and you felt like a teenager all over again so you always came prepared.

“Thank you so much! You’re a life saver!”

You washed your hands and went back to your husband. The whole film you felt like something was wrong. You could not put your finger on it and that drove you mad. You were not even paying that much attention to the screen and you were not proud of it. You fingers were intertwined with Gwil’s and you tried to let the feeling soothe you.

You hated that kind of feeling, something was right under your nose but you did not know what so you felt like your brain was about to explode. The film ended and you applauded fondly even though you had no idea how good it actually was.

You had to wait before being able to see Ben, of course everyone wanted a word with him. You were extremely happy for him and chatted patiently before it was your turn. As soon as he saw you he hugged you both before kissing you on the cheek.

“How’s my favourite couple !? I’m so happy you could come !” He said

“We’re great thanks Ben. Thanks for inviting us” you answered, preferring not to say anything about the film

You talked for a bit, about life and things. You did not see him as often now, he was mostly filming abroad which was really good for him. Soon he had to go and talk to other people. Gwilym and you decided that it was time for both of you to go. You were still a little upset without knowing exactly why. Once again you had to go to the toilet, your bladder was really weak today and that irritated you even more.

“I’ll arrange for a taxi, just meet me outside alright?” Gwilym said

You hurried, and remembered the girl who had asked for your tampon and then it hit you. How your boobs were sore, your headaches and dizziness, you wanted to throw up regularly and most importantly, this tampon which had been going from purse to purse for weeks now. Because you wanted to not become too control freak you had decided to stop watching your cycles too closely but it became clear, even if it was messed up, it should have arrived by now.

You started to panic. Your head was going in a million directions at the same time. Could it be possible ? Could you be pregnant? You did not want to make any assumptions based on so little. The symptoms could just be periods coming a little late or even being a bit different. You felt dizzy and put some water on your face. You were breathing heavily. Now really was not the time for a panic attack. You tried to compose yourself. You were tired, you had had a really long day and were completely stressed out, you were probably just imagining things. You felt your phone buzzing and answered it. Of course Gwilym was starting to worry, you followed his instructions and joined him outside, hanging up as soon as you saw him.

“Honey, what’s going on? You’re so pale! Are you okay?”

You could see the worry on his face and that killed you. But you could not tell him because it would make your suspicion plausible and there would be hope and you were not ready to be crushed once again.

“I just feel tired, it’s okay. If we can just stop on the way if there’s a Boots open, I need to buy some stuff…”

You did not give any details and you knew he would not ask for them. You both went inside the taxi and he gave your address before asking him to stop if any drugstore was open on the way. You smiled at him before kissing his jaw. You were so lucky it was almost unbelievable. You talked a bit about the film and tried to avoid going into details but you did pretty fine. The car suddenly stopped and you saw the shop right next to you.

“Do you want me to go?” Gwilym asked “Just tell me what you need, I don’t mind”

You knew he did not but you said you were fine and went on your own. Gwilym was not the type of man afraid to buy a box of tampon for his girlfriend and you liked that, but this was not exactly what you needed to buy right now. You tried to make it quick as possible not to look suspicious although it was ridiculous, it was your husband in that taxi and you had nothing to hide from him. You bought the usual pregnancy test (you had gone through a few of them during the past few months) and a box of tampon. At least if the first thing proved to be inconclusive the second one would come in handy. You paid for your items, took the paper bag and got back to the car thanking them for waiting.

The rest of the travel back home was quicker than the outward journey. You were both so tired that it was completely silent. Gwil’s thumb softly caressing your hand. Once home you were welcomed by your little dog jumping all over the both of you. You had adopted Dusty one year after moving in together and you loved him so much.

“Someone is excited to see us” you said, petting his head

“You want to go for a walk buddy?” Gwilym said, joining you in the petting “That’s what I thought. I’ll be back in fifteen minutes alright?”

You thanked him and kissed him before going upstairs, the paper bag still in your hand. You were glad you hadn’t gone to the toilet earlier in the cinema after your little epiphany. You took off your dress quickly in your bedroom before going to the bathroom. You took a deep breath, you had done it so many times. During the first few months of you trying to get pregnant it was almost compulsive but every time became harder and harder. You peed on the little stick and tried to occupy your mind while you had to wait. Removing all the jewelry and the make up while always checking time on your phone. And then, suddenly,  you didn’t want to know anymore, you were too afraid so you decided to take a shower to cool down.

You were almost finished when you heard a knock on the door. Gwilym was back and you suddenly started to panic again. Before you could tell him to wait he was already inside, going to the sink to brush his teeth, his eyes suddenly looking down on the stick.

“Honey, I thought we said we would …”

You knew what was he was going to say, you were putting too much pressure on yourself and you had agreed not to think about it for a while. But he did not finish his sentence so you ripped the shower curtain open, looking at him. He had the pregnancy test in his hands and you could see his eyes watering. Your heart almost stopped.

“Gwil… I’m sorry… I know it’s stupid but I thought that maybe… I didn’t want to make you sad…”

You felt awful, you did not want him to feel the disappointment, to see you fail once again. You wrapped yourself in a towel, and he eventually looked a you but his eyes were not full of sadness, it was something else and before you knew it his arms were around you.

“It’s positive Y/N. IT’S BLOODY POSITIVE”

You snatched the test from his hands and as soon as you saw what was written on it you feel down on your knees, tears coming out of your eyes. You could not believe it, what was written right in front of you, you were pregnant. Gwilym’s arms wrapped you once again and for a few minutes both of you were just a crying mess, overwhelmed by joy on the bathroom floor. You finally looked at him, the perfect man who was going to be your partner in the greatest adventure in your life.

“I love you so much” you said

“Honey… You have no idea how much I love you too. My beautiful wife. The beautiful mother of our child”

You bit your lips, unable to hide your happiness. He took your hand and helped you get back up, kissing you before pressing his forehead against yours. The moment was so magical, so pure. You went to bed peacefully that night. You would have much to worry later on but the feeling of failure that had been haunting you for the past months had left and in Gwilym’s arms you fell asleep ready for the next day more than ever.

[dancinggrimm]

My Day in London: A Review

I just thought I’d share a few points of my day down in London earlier this week.

1. Missed my fucking train. I’d forgotten that there were some major road works going on and didn’t allow enough time to get to the station. The taxi driver very helpfully spent the last ten minutes of the journey telling me that I should have allowed more time until I wanted to knock his block off. However, he made up for it earlier by telling me a story about how he knew all about the history of my home town, Kidderminster, and how in the second World War the British Sikh regiment captured all of the Italian military (no they didn’t), brought them back to England as POWs (no they didn’t) and didn’t have enough prison camps so they closed down all of Kiddermister’s carpet factories (nope) and made people live there and that’s why Kidderminster doesn’t have any carpet factories any more (it has several) and why most of the townsfolk have Italian names (seriously? It’s full of chavs!).

2. Got another train and ended up sitting next to a man who was talking in his sleep in, I think, Korean. I wish I’d known what he was saying, because his two travelling companions sitting across the aisle from us seemed really embarrassed for him.

3. Went to the V&A museum. The guard on the way in to the tunnel entrance gave me the glad eye and told me I didn’t have to have my bag searched because I was too pretty to be a terrorist. This made me feel neither complimented nor particularly safe, but at least I got to take my bottle of Oasis into the museum unhindered. Mmm, delicious Oasis. Even tastier when it’s contraband.

4. I searched for but failed to find @atlinmerrick‘s favourite statue that looks like Martin Freeman in the nip with a peach bum. I did however see some wonderful statues, some nicely gothic ironworks, a lot of beautiful kimonos, and some truly fuck ugly high fashion clothes in the Balenciaga exhibit.

5. Took the tube to Camden and managed to find exactly the same pub that my friend @bagelofdeath and I went to for lunch last time we met up. They do really good pizzas and cider, and have a little upstairs room overlooking a busy junction. So I sat at a table right in the window, looking out at the rain and the traffic, listening to indie rock music and cramming my face with carbs and rocket. Which is a very London thing to do.

6. Wandered up to the lock market for a bit of Christmas present shopping and did my best to avoid the storekeepers trying to ingratiate me. Saw many stalls selling the exact same products, the stall keepers of which all hurried to assure me were handmade by themselves that very morning. You wove all these printed scarves by hand in a morning? Why are you not in the Avengers?

7. There were way more shops selling bongs, marajuana sweets, and similar stuff than last time I was there. Sign of the times, man.

8. As I walked past one shop front the guy at the counter cat called me, which I hate, but he yelled “Hey darlin, where you from?” and when I ignored him he bitterly added “Oh yeah, that’s a really pretty name”, like he couldn’t remember what he’d even asked me, and it was funny enough that I didn’t really care.

9. He did exactly the same thing when I went back down the road an hour later. What a bell end.

10. So. Back on the tube and up to Leicester Square. I had a wander around the Lego store without buying anything, as you do (honestly, it’s more of a museum than anything else), and then popped into the M&M store which smells fucking awful. How do you manage to have a shop full of chocolate products and make it smell like the back of a printer? And who loves M&Ms that much that they want their whole wardrobe to feature them? They’re just Smarties’ inbred cousins! They were having a German Christmas market there too, but it wasn’t anywhere near as good as ours. Fuck yeah Birmingham!

11. Found a tiny second hand bookshop staffed by a woman who was the most perfect fit of a librarian stereotype I have ever seen and it’s genuinely tragic that she doesn’t work in a library. Tiny build, twinset and bead necklace, decorative chain on her wing glasses, nervous demeanor and a itsy bitsy high pitched voice. She was so cute. I bought a book just so she’d talk to me a bit more (and the book turned out to be quite good) and managed to put the Evangelist who had been badgering her into enough of a snit by interrupting him that he left.

12. It was 7pm by now, and time for the actual reason I’d gone down to London in the first place, the stage musical of Young Frankenstein at the Garrick Theatre! It was fantastic. Ross Noble, one of my favourite stand up comedians, was playing Igor and he was great, really enjoying the hell out of his costume and his occasional use of a French Horn. The songs were hilarious and, though they didn’t include my favourite moment of the Affectionate Elbow Nudge, the song that replaced it, ‘Don’t Touch Me’ (Tits! Tits! Tits!) was a real highlight. As was the extended performance of ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’, and Lesley Joseph’s (72 and still a fox) Frau Blucher who was getting really annoyed with those damn horses. I loved it! If you can get to London before the end of February, give it a go.

13. Back on the train to come home, and spent much of the journey listening to the conversation of a young couple at the table seats opposite who were really not at all on the same wavelength. He would tell her about how often his brother threw up on trains and she would reply that yeah, the special effects on the music video she was watching on her phone would make anyone hurl, and he replied that he didn’t like Spotify either and it made everything look weird, and it was like that game where you’ve got to come up with names that start with the last letter of the name that came before it, except with entire concepts. Also, I played quite a lot of Kitty Powers’ Matchmaker, which was good fun, highly recommended.

14. Birmingham New Street Station is really, really creepy when you arrive there at 12.30 am and nobody is around and you can fool yourself into thinking that you’ll never find the exit and you’ll be wondering around in a tasteful but poorly signposted interior for the rest of your life like a brushed chrome pergatory until you’re suddenly outside and almost falling into a flowerbed and you don’t know what happened.

15. You know that thing where you and a stranger going in opposite directions nearly walk into each other, and you stop, and you move to your right and they move to their left, and you’re still in the same place, so you apologise and both move the other way, and oh no, ha ha, what a to-do, until one of you makes a break for it? While walking home through a pedestrian underpass I got trapped in that idiot dance for a good thirty seconds with the biggest fucking rat I have ever seen. She was the one that made a break for it, and I was honestly surprised not to see a small cowboy riding on her back as the ran past me.

And then I got home and went to bed, the end :)

[parresafmp]

The Dark Side Presents:

High style and low morals

The Rana Plaza Collapse

Rana Plaza collapse was a structural failure that happened on 24 April 2013 in Bangladesh, where an eight-story commercial building containing clothing factories, a bank, apartments, as well as numbers of shops collapsed. The disaster resulted in 1134 death as well as over 2500 injuries  (Rana Plaza collapse: 38 charged with murder over garment factory disaster, 2016).

Figure One:

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in Manhattan, New York City, happened on March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, The fire resulted in the deaths of 146 garment workers (Tragedy to Triumph: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, 2015).

Figure Two

2012 Pakistan factory fires

On 11 September 2012, two garment factories in the Pakistani  a textile factory in Karachi and a shoe making factory in Lahore caught fire, killing 289 people and seriously injuring more than 60 (Ur-Rehman, Masood and Walsh, 2012).

Figure Three

Iqbal Masih 

Iqbal Masih was born in 1983 boy in Pakistan, to a poor family and was put to work to pay off their debts totaling to 12 USD, After learning that bonded labor was illegal in Pakistan Iqbal escaped his slavery, Iqbal was shot dead by the carpet Mafia at the age of 12, he became a symbol of abusive child labor in Pakistan (Hansen, Diego Rosell, 2012).

Figure Four

Scandal: Boohoo

In July 2020 a story broke out in the UK, which accused Boohoo the fast-fashion giant of modern-day slavery, the clothing giant was accused of sourcing their clothing from Leicester's factory that pays their employees less than the minimum wage, it was also confirmed that they were not protected from Covid-19 and quiet poor working conditions.

Figure Five

Animal cruelty in fashion

Every year, millions of animals are murdered by the fashion industry. Animals are bred and murdered by Chinese fur farms, Indian slaughterhouses as well as the Australian outback, Animals are suffering a huge amount of pain for a fur jacket, leather belt, and wool sweater to be made all for fashion (More Info on Animals Used for Clothing | PETA, 2020).

Figure Six

Price of Honor, Murder of Tara Fares:

Murder of an Instagram star, Tara was shot to death by an unknown gunman in September 2018 in Baghdad, Her death was followed by a number of murders all against established women in Iraq. Women are being murdered by their fathers, partners, and extremist, and their deaths are going unnoticed.

Figure seven

Disappearance of Jim Thompson

Figure Eight

Jim Thompson was an American businessman and a suspected Spy who helped revitalize the Thai silk industry, he is known as the Sik King and is much loved in Thailand for his contributions to the silk industry, Jim went missing in 1967 from Malaysia's Cameron Highlands without any trace, his faith remains a mystory (Jonathan Walford's Blog, 2009).

Death of a supermodel Gia Carangi

The world's first supermodel whom died of AIDS in 1986 at age 26 becoming addicted to heroin.

Figure Nine

Mental illness in fashion: 

The fashion industry is represented as luxury, extravagance, glamour, and beauty, with never-ending excitement. Nevertheless, designers, models, and all professionals in the industry are subject to the dark side which are damaging to their mental health and have a serious effect on their mental health and well-being.

Figure Ten

Reflection: Through the result that I got from survey Monkey, I concluded that  68% of participant confirmed they would not mind listening to the repeated cases, However, the majority confirmed they would prefer the shows that do not repeat cases covered by other podcats, looking at those result I started looking to cases that I would like to feature as part of the Dark Side. I looked at Slavery, child abuse, addiction as well as people who had a significant effect on the fashion industry, mental health is another topic that is always looked over and maybe a bit Hush Hush both within and outside of the industry, I looked at cases listed above and if there has been a deep dive through any other podcasts, to which I can honestly say none of the cases that I am considering, have not been looked at previously. There are many booked, articles, documentaries, which I am hoping to use to produce a podcast that takes a deep dive into them.

Bibliography:

Afge.org. 2015.Tragedy To Triumph: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. [online] Available at: <https://www.afge.org/article/tragedy-to-triumph-the-triangle-shirtwaist-fire/> [Accessed 27 October 2020]. 

Digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu. 2012. [online] Available at: <https://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=2854&context=key_workplace> [Accessed 28 October 2020].

PETA. 2020. More Info On Animals Used For Clothing | PETA. [online] Available at: <https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-clothing/animals-used-for-clothing-2/#:~:text=Every%20year%2C%20millions%20of%20animals,leather%20belt%2C%20and%20wool%20sweater.> [Accessed 29 October 2020].

Kickshawproductions.com. 2009. The Mysterious Disappearance Of Jim Thompson | Jonathan Walford's Blog. [online] Available at: <https://kickshawproductions.com/blog/?p=15863> [Accessed 30 October 2020].   

The Guardian. 2016. Rana Plaza Collapse: 38 Charged With Murder Over Garment Factory Disaster. [online] Available at: <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/18/rana-plaza-collapse-murder-charges-garment-factory> [Accessed 27 October 2020].

Ur-Rehman, Z., Masood, S. and Walsh, D., 2012. More Than 300 Killed In Pakistani Factory Fires (Published 2012). [online] Nytimes.com. Available at: <https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/world/asia/hundreds-die-in-factory-fires-in-pakistan.html> [Accessed 27 October 2020]. 

Figure one: the Guardian. 2016. Rana Plaza Collapse: 38 Charged With Murder Over Garment Factory Disaster. [Image] Available at: <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/18/rana-plaza-collapse-murder-charges-garment-factory> [Accessed 27 October 2020]. 

Figure Two: Afge.org. 2015. Tragedy To Triumph: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. [Image] Available at: <https://www.afge.org/article/tragedy-to-triumph-the-triangle-shirtwaist-fire/> [Accessed 27 October 2020]. 

Figure Three:  Ur-Rehman, Z., Masood, S. and Walsh, D., 2012. More Than 300 Killed In Pakistani Factory Fires (Published 2012). [Image] Nytimes.com. Available at: <https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/world/asia/hundreds-die-in-factory-fires-in-pakistan.html> [Accessed 27 October 2020].

Figure Four:

Figure Five: 2020. Leicester’S Cheap Labour. [image] Available at: <https://www.thegryphon.co.uk/2017/02/03/leicesters-cheap-labour/> [Accessed 29 October 2020].

Figure Six: : 2020. Leicester’S Cheap Labour. [image] Available at: <https://www.thegryphon.co.uk/2017/02/03/leicesters-cheap-labour/> [Accessed 29 October 2020].

Figure seven:  2019. Tara Fares. [image] Available at: <https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tara-fares-iraq-instagram-shot-baghdad-0v2c3r37p> [Accessed 29 October 2020].

Figure Eigth:  The Mysterious Disappearance Of Jim Thompson | Jonathan Walford's Blog. [Image] Available at: <https://kickshawproductions.com/blog/?p=15863> [Accessed 30 October 2020].

Figure Nine:  2016. Death Of A Super Model. [image] Available at: <https://twitter.com/gr8magz/media> [Accessed 30 October 2020].

Figure Ten:  2020. Suicide. [image] Available at: <https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/05/us/kate-spade-designer-deaths/index.html> [Accessed 30 October 2020].

[thecalltothevoid]

My plan was to go to the cinema all day but the Leicester Square Odeon where they do all the red carpet showings is closed, and the Leicester Square Cineworld is also closed??? So I had to travel quite far to find another one and saw a movie there, then walked past a guitar shop...and ended up buying another acoustic 😅 oops

[we-speak-english]

Leicester Square, October 5th (by request)

Overview: Tucked up next to Covent Garden and Trafalgar Square, bordered by the rear of the National Portrait Gallery on one side and the bookshop-filled Charing Cross Road on another, lies the peculiarly-pronounced Leicester Square.

It is primarily known as London’s film centre, hosting numerous red-carpet film debuts. Most of the surrounding shops are designed to cater to an elite crowd, with plenty of up-scale restaurants, casinos, and clubs.

Paradoxically, it is also a hive of youth activity, with hordes of music devotees crowding the streets for the chance to listen to someone performing a Michael Jackson cover.

Experience: I was there in the late afternoon on a Thursday, but it was clear that my visit coincided with several other events: the aforementioned music concert (which was only beginning to get set up) and a film debut of some sort, likely associated with the London Film Festival, which had advertising plastered everywhere. All this traffic also attracted several street performers, both of the musical and magical persuasions.

The first thing you notice upon entering the square—apart from the red carpet, hordes of people, and distracting restaurant fronts—is the fountains. Circling the slouching Shakespeare’s plinth is a ring of fountains in the form of jets of water spouting up out of the pavement. They are synchronized, either shooting up all at once, working their way around in a circle, or operating in some nebulous pattern. There’s enough space around the statue and fountains to walk without fear of getting wet—unless you’re one of the boys purposefully trying to step on the jets of water—but the sound of the water slapping into the pavement makes them impossible to miss.

The square is much busier than any of the nearby streets, but it is navigable as long as you avoid the main masses of people. It is a bustle of activity, with music from the concert, the sounds of the street performers, the continuous faint roar of many people speaking to each other, the patter of the fountain, and a hundred other small noises all pushed together to form an unorchestrated symphony of humanity.

[speedybeardconnoisseur]

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For a dedicated hot rodder, unique opportunities exist around every corner. You never really know when that moment in time may come, but it’s always looming on the horizon. Regardless if it’s stumbling upon that one hard-to-find part to complete a project or uncovering something truly mystical that you never anticipated, fate plays a heavy hand in the union. For Ron Perkins of Paxton, Massachusetts, the visit to a cobweb-filled barn in rural Vermont to check out a 1932 Plymouth for his son opened up a portal into the past, uncovering a dormant pile of steel that had been asleep for decades.

While reviewing the Plymouth, Ron’s eye caught a form lurking in the shadows in a distant corner of the barn. Curiosity waved its wand, and further inspection proved that it was an old coupe, picked clean and left for dead. The body, however, possessed very unique stampings, ones that he had never before seen, adding to the allure. Even though the shell and frame were void of any identifying badges, there was no way it was going to remain in suspended animation. Without wasting a moment, a deal was made, and the mystery coupe was hauled back to the home garage for evaluation.

When you step off the beaten path onto one less traveled, you encounter the true quest to uncover just what you’ve found. In Ron’s case it meant plenty of late nights on the keyboard trying to reveal the lineage of the early ’30s-style body lying dormant in the shop. After extensive research and phone calls, it was determined that he had unearthed a 1932 Rockne Model 65 coupe with matching frame. In confirming the car’s rarity, he discovered that the Rockne had a very short production run, spanning from 1932 to 1933, and that it was built in conjunction with Studebaker.

The comparison of Rockne production numbers seems remarkably minute when reviewing them to those of Ford for the same year. Rockne’s total production of 23,709 units was easily overshadowed by Ford’s total production, 341,988 units, making the fact that the coupe survived even more remarkable. There was a lot to be done before the build could even get started, since it meant starting the search for many of the missing parts. The five-year mission led Ron to creating countless contacts in the very small web of enthusiasts who covet the Rockne. He even sourced parts from such unlikely places like garage sales and random web-based ads.

As a young rodder, Ron grew up listening to stories from his dad and uncle, Billy O’Neil, racing at the Orange Drags while also spending late nights on Mill Street in Worcester running hard under the lights. In designing the car in his mind, he wanted to create a fusion of style and performance with elements embodying the best bits from the Rockne and Studebaker lines to create a classic ’50s-style hop-up. To get started, the original frame was stripped, boxed, and treated to custom crossmembers for added strength. Out back a vintage Halibrand Culver City quick-change rear was packed with 3.90:1 gears and suspended in place by custom Rockne-style parallel leaf springs and Pete & Jakes tube shocks. To set the stance up front, a 4-inch dropped Super Bell axle with matching spindles was matched to a Posies leaf spring and Pete & Jakes tube shocks. When it’s time to drop anchor, a Pete & Jakes dual master pushes fluid through stainless lines to 1940 Ford juice brakes at each corner wearing 45-fin Buick aluminum drums. Linking it all to the street are a set of classic 16-inch Artillery wheels with knock-off Cragar-style caps and trim rings wearing 8.90×16 rear and 5.00×16 front rubber from Firestone/Coker.

When it came time to selecting power for the coupe, Ron wanted to embrace the Studebaker’s performance history. Again, it was a time when perseverance paid off in locating a number of rare NOS parts to build a race-bred R3 Studebaker V-8. He contacted Bob Munter of WCD Garage in Northborough to begin assembly. He massaged a 1963 Studebaker R2 289ci block to R3 specs at 304.5 ci and filled it with an NOS R3 rotating assembly including a forged steel crank linked to matching rods wearing forged aluminum pistons getting a bump from a Studebaker cam. A set of reworked factory high-performance heads make seamless power especially when matched to the knockout punch of a factory aluminum intake with a 625-cfm carb and Paxton SN92 supercharger. It sparks to life thanks to a Mallory ignition while dumping spent gases through factory-tuned port exhaust manifolds to a  1 ½ -inch exhaust with NOS polished stainless Hollywood mufflers. To move the goods a Tremec TKO-500 five-speed trans links to a custom driveshaft from Mitchell Differential to lay down the power. It’s all good for solid 400 hp at 6,000 rpm.

Thankfully the coupe was kept dry and out of the elements for decades, resulting in a body that needed very little rust repair. Locating all of the missing parts, however, was another story, taking years to source. Once everything was found, the body was stripped and delivered to Jim Morancy of Spencer to work his magic. Before long the vintage steel was brought back to perfection and metal finished with all the gaps set. Ron decided on a very subtle Axalta Grey to bring the project to life. More cool elements include 1932 Studebaker Dictator headlights, custom rear bumper, and 1937 Studebaker wigwag taillights.

Inside, there’s plenty of traditional vibe, starting with a factory dash packed with vintage Stewart-Warner curved-glass gauges to monitor the vitals. A 1937 Studebaker banjo-style wheel mounted to a factory column steers the course, while shifts fly through a custom stick, and a kit from EZ Wiring makes it all complete. For comfort, Ron sourced a pair of 1957 Triumph TR3 bucket seats and contacted Seamless Custom of Leicester to wrap them in a classic combination of black and gray leather with matching side panels accented by charcoal square-weave carpeting. This is a truly unique hot rod that fuses a rarely seen Rockne with Studebaker R3 performance making it a standout, and we totally dig it.

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Away from the kids - at Claridges

Is something – or someone – making you feel tired, stressed out and miserable? Then leave them at home and get away from it all

Our eldest sprog is quickly approaching her seventh year, yet Duncan and I couldn’t remember even one night that we had spent together away from the kids (having Number Two and Three overnight in hospital didn’t count). 

So we were delighted to accept an invitation to spend a night at Claridge’s – arguably London’s grandest hotel – and be able to get away from it all (and them). 

There are two things I can’t stand about fancy hotels (apart from the largely inflated prices). I hate overly-obsequious staff who hover over you, anticipating your every whim to the extent that often your plate is whisked away before you’ve even put down your knife. I also despise hotels that look identical, as if the same overly zealous property developer had gone mad after purchasing a job lot of identical granite worktops, marble tiles and beige paint.

So you can imagine how relieved – and happy – I was to find Claridge’s didn’t fit into any of the above. The suite we were given was elegant and individual, and although it had obviously been modernised fairly recently it had kept its old-school charm and was a bit frayed around the edges. 

The corridors were largely empty, with plain carpeting that didn’t appear – or smell – as if it came straight from an Alan Partridge Travelodge. Best of all, the staff were polite yet reserved, showing us around, making sure we were comfortable, then getting our of our way. 

After retiring to our room and dining on fresh fruit and mineral water, I placed my tiny backpack in the cavernous dressing room before using the sumptuous bathroom suite (we also had a cloakroom for guests we sadly forgot to invite). 

After dining in town we retired back to our suite and spent the rest of the night in deep repose, confident that no children would wake us up wanting milk, to be taken to the loo, or to have their vomit/poo/wee wee cleaned up. 

Of course our lie-in was not to be, as I am now trained to wake up at precisely 6:59, come hell or high water. But Duncan did a lazy crossword while I had a long soak in the tub before we ambled into The Foyer for a simple breakfast of ham omelettes and toast, washed down by exceptionally good coffee. Again, the service was excellent, unobtrusive yet helpful. 

Sadly, our budget would not stretch to a frequent weekend at Claridge’s. But if it did, you can bet I’d be there in a New York second. And once I got used to having a bit of time to myself, I might even consider taking the kids with me. Then again, maybe not. 

About our stay: Dating back to 1812, this beautiful hotel has always attracted both British and foreign aristocracy, from the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia to H.M. The Queen. But even mere mortals are allowed on its precious soil, as witnessed by our recent appearance – sans enfants.

On-site activities: Lounging in our enormous suite was great fun – until we got itchy feet and decided to venture further afield. But to be honest, we could have spent all day trying on our fluffy slippers and matching bathrobes, reading our complimentary newspapers and dining on the complimentary fresh fruit and mineral water whilst watching telly and then ordering room service.

Claridge’s offers several eateries. The Art Deco Reading Room serves lunch and dinner, as does the Art Deco The Foyer, on the ground floor. If you prefer more European cuisine, try Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s a la carte menu at £60 per person. We opted for a cheaper option and saw a film at Leicester Square before eating at nearby Yo Sushi, which came to £20 a head, including drinks. Unfortunately we didn’t have time to sample either of the hotel’s two fine bars: Claridge’s Bar or The Macanudo Fumoir, a smoking room that features 20 Cuban cigars and the largest selection of Macanudo cigars in Britain. Known as a great place for a seductive nightcap.

The Hotel’s Olympus Beauty and Fitness Suite has views across London – and the gym is available free to all hotel guests. A wide range of exercise equipment is at your use, and therapy rooms offer massage, facials and specialised body treatments, as well as a wide range of beauty treatments. Personal trainers are also available on demand. Sadly, there is no swimming pool.

Local activities: With the fine shopping of Bond Street on your doorstep and more affordable Oxford Street just a hop, skip and a jump away, there is no shortage of things to do. If you’re coming from far away, making an itinerary and booking things beforehand won’t be a waste of time.

Wish we had known: That we’d be allocated a two-room suite. We would have invited friends over to boast, then after giving them a quick drink made them all go home.

Our top tip: Tell your babysitter not to call you unless it’s urgent, and don’t tell anyone else where you are – unless you want to ring your friends and gloat, as Duncan happily did (I gloated after the fact, when people asked me where I had been over the weekend).

Kids say: ‘It’s not fair! I want to come!’ said Josie, six. ‘Why are you going without us? Who’s going to look after us?’ chimed in Tilly, four. ‘Bye-bye, Mummy,’ said two-year-old Clementine. Happily, they weren’t invited!

Getting there: Claridge’s is on the corner of Brook Street and Davies Street in central London. Most people take a cab there – we took the Tube and embarked at Bond Street, then walked. Rooms start at £300 and go up to £5,000 per night for the two penthouses, but families can have two Superior King rooms, either adjacent or interconnecting, staring at £375 per night for two adults and two children. Kids will get a complimentary age-appropriate gift and children’s amenities are available on request.

*Wendy Sloane is the Travel Editor of entertainthekids.com, has three children and lives in London with her husband, Duncan. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 2007