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Walk: Phantom Femmes

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Last night, the second of four nights of horror, and first of three days of Meetup . I was back with Museum, Art & Culture Socials (MACS), for a Phantom Femmes ghost tour with Herstorical Tours ! We were meeting at Costa in Farringdon .  And hallelujah for a guided walk on a Thursday, for once, I didn't have to go into the office, so I didn't have to lug a laptop on the walk - the power is out in the office building! Whee.. Well, I might have eaten in the nearby Sir John Oldcastle , but it was completely full. So I ended up going to Costa really early, where I had a moreish ham & cheese toastie, and managed to secure a table big enough for everyone meeting there. Interestingly, when the organiser, Camilla, arrived, she had a vegan toastie.. with "cheeze".. Anyway, when the others arrived, we chatted until it was time to congregate in front of the station - we didn't know exactly where, but sort of stood in the centre, where the guide, Maria, ultimately ...
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Talk: Vampires, Desire & the Queer Imagination

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Tonight, the first of four days of horror, with a talk about Vampires, Desire & the Queer Imagination . It was happening in the Blues Kitchen Brixton - tickets from Eventbrite . And I booked to eat there beforehand. Livestream tickets also available, in which case you also get a recording. I could get buses - except my first bus was delayed so much it made more sense to walk to where I was to catch the next . I was just in time to see it go.. but got another quickly enough, to Elephant & Castle . Where I was to catch the #133 .. when it came, however, it was so packed the driver wasn't taking on passengers! Happily, Google Maps informed me that the #333 , right behind it, would do just as well - and it was empty (I believe it starts there). What they didn't say was that it wouldn't be quite as direct - more time lost! Happily, the Blues Kitchens often text if you're running late, to check you're still coming - this one texted just before my scheduled time...
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Film: Tenzing

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Yesterday , I had booked with TAC for What are We Going to Do when this is all Over? , a play about a couple, one of whom is developing dementia. Showing in the Hen & Chickens . But then The Hideout / Movie Roadhouse London advertised Tenzing , a new film about the first ascent of Everest , showing in Picturehouse Central ! Stars Willem Dafoe  as the expedition leader, Col. John Hunt :  Caitríona Balfe   as Jill Henderson , who and whose husband, Jack, owned the tea plantation in Darjeeling where sherpas were chosen for climbing expeditions - she was also honorary secretary of the Himalayan Society:  and  Tom Hiddleston as Edmund Hillary . I do love my mountains.. and this sounded more interesting than the play, TBH - and cheerier than the one I saw on Monday ! Booked to eat in Bella Italia Shaftesbury Avenue beforehand - eligible for that discount of 30% on food..  Well, it was all happening rather early - I'd booked the restaurant for 5.30, arrive...
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