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Fabled: The Improvised Fantasy Adventure & Walk: The Old Jewish Neighbourhood

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Last   night, I booked with TAC for an improv show called Fabled: The Improvised Fantasy Adventure , showing in The Free Association Theatre . Meant to eat beforehand, but really wanted to finish the blog - so I didn't leave early enough. Did pop into the Union Jack  (UJ), which is right next door to the theatre, but really only had time for a drink: They do like you to check in early, you see. Well, I headed off with little idea where this place was, exactly - but right beside the pub is a gated alleyway called Old Union Yard Arches - sounded right, despite Google Maps telling me it was further down Union Street . So I moseyed down there. It gets quite narrow after a bit, but persevere - there is a theatre right at the entrance to the yard, but the Free Association is past the narrow bit. There's a sign outside - but it doesn't really look like a theatre. I pushed the door, which opened - and uncertainly asked the guy at the desk.. and yes, that was it! He said he...
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Talk: Trump's Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective

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Last night, back with London Social & Cultural Meetups (LSC) for a talk at the LSE about Trump's Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective . Couldn't miss that.. also advertised with the London European Club (LEC). I was in the office, so could walk to our meeting point at Holborn Station - beside the hat stand, she said, and sure enough, that's where I found her. We stood and chatted for a while, waiting for the other attendees - one showed up after a bit,  the other was a no-show. In due course, we headed to the college - where we were directed to the entrance to the theatre, and our tickets were scanned. Ushers were on hand to seat us: Those without a ticket were seated once all ticketholders had arrived, and there were online participants from what sounded like all over the world, when the person monitoring those mentioned the list during the Q+A. And indeed, the whole thing was filmed, and the video is now available online . (No, they didn't catch us in shot...
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Film: Hokum & Concert: Rush Hour

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Last  night, well, there's a new Irish horror film,  Hokum , that I decided to check out - it's certainly highly rated! The Hideout actually went to it on Sunday evening, just late enough that those also coming to the Dracula launch could do both, if desired - and a couple did. (So yes, that was four films in a row for the organiser, who's just flown in from the  States ..) Closest showing to me that evening was in  Peckhamplex   - so, so glad it was a late one, giving me time to do the blog.   And that was two films.. and seven scary things.. in a row! Took a bus straight there - and wow, the place looks run down! Gentrification has not yet come to Peckham , by the looks of! As ever, when all else fails for eateries - as it did here - I headed for Nando's , which was almost empty, and where I was quickly served and well fed. I then retraced my steps to the cinema: The automatic ticket machines weren't working, so I queued at the box office and got some ...
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Dracula Interactive Event Launch & Film: Lee Cronin's The Mummy (#2)

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On Sunday , fifth scary thing in a row.. mwah-hah-haa, 'twas the long-awaited  launch of Dracula Interactive ! It's a  LoMAZ  event, but to be fair, they didn't come up with it - it developed during the  pandemic , based on the fact that the novel,  Dracula , is written as a diary. Anyway, a  website  was set up whereby you could have the section of the novel corresponding to a particular day emailed to you on that day! So.. LoMAZ has decided to read along. Oh, but that ain't the half of it.. On Sunday, we were meeting in our regular haunt of the  Union Jack , and dressing up (preferably vampirically) was encouraged. Happily for that, the predicted rain never came. Plus, apart from (we hoped) making a start on deciding the ongoing schedule of events that day.. we also have a couple of tie-in travel events.. because the action moves to  Whitby  in August, and to  Transylvania  in November! And I had so many ideas for the trips.....
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