23rd. October 2000.
EXHAUSTION has got the better of me this week, and so all we have is another episode of Joe Punter's Shakespeare - King Henry the 6th. Sorry.
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early Othernews - 1992, 93, 94.
Bonnington Cafe and Bonnington Square.
This Saturday, Gabriele Gad pno and Hugh Harris sax. Quiet old-fashioned jazz both old and new. No charge for the entertainment, but the hat goes round, and as seating is limited it is only fair that you should order something to eat.
Bonnington cafe is a communally owned cafe in Vauxhall, Central London. The atmosphere is somewhat Bohemian, international, friendly, educated, and much wine (bought from the corner shop across the road) gets drunk. Good quality vegetarian. Cheap. The only lighting is usually candles stuck in wine bottles, and the furniture is a collection of odds and sods that people have thrown out. The overall result is relaxed and pleasing. People tend to spend the whole evening over their meal, and engage in discussion with those on other tables, the caterer, the band, passers through......
Bonnington Cafe, Vauxhall Grove, London SW8 UK. Near Vauxhall underground and mainline station, buses 185, 36, 2, 88, 322 and others. Booking is difficult.
King Henry the 6th. part 2.
ACT 3 .
Scene 3.
The Cardinal's bedchamber. Enter king, Salisbury, and Warwick (Shakespeare says 'to the CARDINAL in bed').
KING:
How are you doing, me ol' son? Speak to your king.
CARD. BFT.:
If you be death, I am willing to give you anything to save my skin.
KING:
God. You must be a right sinner to fear death so.
WARWICK:
Beaufort, it is the king who is speaking to you.
CARD. BFT.:
Try me when you will. He died in his bed, didn't he? Where else should he die? Can I make men live whether they will or not? Oh torture me no more! I will confess. Alive again? Then show me! I'd give a thousand pounds to look at him - he has no eyes to see me now. Comb down his hair. Look! It stands upright like twigs to catch my flying soul. Give us a drink - and could you ask the chemist if he could bring me that poison I bought from him?
KING:
Oh Father that art in heaven, look gently upon this miserable sinner and remove the devil that has entered his soul. From his bosom purge his black despair.
WARWICK:
See how the pangs of death make him grin!
SALISBURY:
Leave him alone. Let him die peacefully.
KING:
Peace on his soul, if God will allow it. Lord Cardinal, if you see the bliss of heaven hold up your hand to make a signal. - He's dying and making no sign of any hope, God forgive him.
WARWICK:
Such an unpleasant death implies a monstrous life.
KING:
Don't judge him, for we are all sinners. Close his eyes, close the curtain, and let's meditate.
All exit.
More next week.
Politicians have been as boring as usual this week, and I find that I have nothing to comment on.
Alternet News might appeal to some readers as a regular list of goings-on in the human rights/green areas of life. You can receive it by email. I have put one copy on this site so that you get an idea of what it is about and how to subscribe.
For sample Alternet email click here.
This website is about accounting investigations and fiddles. If you like to look at financial scandals (both hidden and public) this might be worth a look. I have not been there myself, but the books produced by these people, although difficult to follow, cover a lot of mysterious ground.
This website is about the destruction of countryside and agriculture. Worth a visit if you want to find out about how it is thought the British countryside will fair under the ongoing creep of the multinationals.
This website is one to do with monetary reform.The British Association for Monetary Reform. If you are interested in economics it is worth a look. http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~bamr1
This is a website about alternative currencies.Might be worth a look to those who have realised that you don't necessarily have to have money as such to be prosperous.
This is a website for something called The Green Guide. I know nothing about it, but am hoping it is something worthy. Please let me know if it is questionable.
This is a site concerned with one of the most unpopular planning decisions ever made in Greater London, the Crystal Palace Complex. It is so stunningly awful that only a handful of people who do not live near it appear to approve, whilst the rest are not entirely uninclined to mention such things as payola, freemasons....you name it! The site belongs to the London Borough of Bromley, but the aggro generated by it and the destruction of amenity caused by it will be almost entirely suffered by residents of adjoining boroughs and not the people of Bromley themselves.
This is a recycling site based in London, and offering materials to anybody. The organisation is a charity seeking to link suppliers of surplus materials with users. Especially good for the more ingenious designers amongst us.
The email of the people who run the above site is cs@london-recycling.demon.co.uk. They are called Creative Supplies. Look them up for more info.
Here's an interesting education site - particularly for those who have young children and are not quite sure what to do to avoid the worst of what`s on offer in the mainstream of education.They are called www.edrev.org.
early Othernews - 1992, 93, 94.
There were a few essays that went out with the early Other News as a freestanding item. You can read these by clicking below.
London Journey - a trip from Docklands through Beckenham and back to Docklands.
(Friday Woodworkers are suffering a temporary break due to some of the episodes not having been fully edited at the time of writing. It may take some timne to fix this problem.
Episode 17.
(These articles were written in 1988, and were my first attempt at writing. Some people when shown these fell about laughing, some smiled faintly - and some yawned. I thought I was going to write a technical book, but it soon became apparent that I was much more interested in the people than the technology - and that is the main reason there are no drawings - although it might be rather good to do a couple of caricatures sometime.)
Index of Friday Woodorker articles (and a means of access).
A READER COMPLAINED that it was not possible to go back more than 6 articles in Gabriele`s area. Regrettably this is because there is no index, and I have not the time to organise one yet. However, for those determined enough to find the early ones, they should be accessible by going to an early Other News and clicking through from it. This will not be fast, but I think will do the job. They started about November 1997 I think.
In an earlier issue I told you about my feelings regarding Tempo retailers and the Lexmark 3200 printer I bought from them.
The Lexmark 3200 printer I got from Tempo must surely be the most uneconomical printer I could possibly have bought. The black cartridge only does about 250 pages of ordinary type - for £28! That makes each sheet cost 11.2 pence plus the cost of the paper and probably another 11.2 pence more if any colour is used! - ABOUT 22.4 PENCE A SHEET! Nearly a pound for every four sheets!
I wouldn`t recommend you to buy it - but also look at my earlier article for an idea of Tempo`s service.
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