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Film: Disclosure Day & Hever Castle and Gardens

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From Friday was supposed to be three more days of Meetup - that day, I booked with The Hideout for Disclosure Day , in which Emily Blunt plays a TV weather forecaster who suddenly finds herself communicating in a strange, clicking language, which only Josh O' Connor finds he can understand. Colin Firth seems to play a bad guy, as per the trailer. Directed by Spielberg again.. Now, when details were finally announced, it was in the Odeon Leicester Square , fair enough - but at 3.45pm?!! Talk about not catering to people with office jobs! So, four of us cancelled our attendance on foot of that - and decided to head, together, to the much more sensible 7.30pm showing in the same cinema! And for anyone that wants to join me, as I said, I booked for Bella Italia beforehand. The bus drive in was a jolting one, the driver leaning sharply on the brakes - that's happening a lot these days. And the bus was a bit delayed - so I was a little late for the restaurant. One p...
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Magic: Showman

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Tonight , back - at last - with TAC for more magic! This one was James Phelan: Showman , playing at Underbelly Boulevard . Yes, the same guy that headlined last Thursday 's show. Somehow, I'd forgotten to check where to eat - well, I booked for Saffron Soho - happily, nice and close to the office, where I was today. Nice to have a reason to leave early, I was so sick of poring over different versions of the same documents, every spare minute today. I walked to the restaurant - unfortunately, for much of the way, facing into the blazing sun; it'd been cloudy when I set out, and I hadn't brought my sunglasses. Ah, I did love walking through Soho though.. I made it a little early, and was given a table by the window: I'd been advised to book, it being a small space - so when a group of four Indian -looking lads, maybe in their early twenties, were turned away, I thought nothing of it, although the guy at the table beside me tutted at the racism of it. Mind you, wh...
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Concert: Amores Pasados

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Now in two cheap ticket days. Tonight, back with CT - which is playing a blinder - for Amores Pasados , a medieval concert with a modern twist, at St. Clement Danes . Performed by the Alternative History Quartet , regular-priced tickets from Ticket Tailor . I booked to eat beforehand in Cote Covent Garden . In retrospect, I could have eaten afterwards - it was over early enough, and I could have worked for longer. Certainly have enough to do. But who knows, in these cases? Anyway, I was just preparing to leave, checked how the buses were doing - only to find that my bus was early, and due to leave in two minutes. So I missed that.. and ended up waiting 15 minutes for the next. And I was slightly late for my booking - just over five minutes. I then spent an extra five minutes waiting in the doorway for anyone to notice me! Finally, someone did, and found me a cosy table in the corner, which needed to be cleaned. They were busy as hell. The couple at the next table were waiting on ...
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