Author Archives: Scribe Doll
Odds & Ends: The Money Yardstick
I know this one is going to spark off controversy, so here comes the disclaimer: this is just my personal opinion, which I have formed from my own observations. However, I would be most interested in hearing about your experiences. … Continue reading
Words and Civilisation: Sales Assistants’ Language
You wear a brand new purple T-shirt and notice, and the end of the day, that the colour has run over your white underwear and even rubbed off on your skin. The following day, you take it back to the … Continue reading
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Pet Hates: In Restaurants
No.1 Is everything O.K.? Have you noticed how waiters wait for the exact moment when you have your mouth full, before they ask you that? I often try and cheat them by staging my forkfuls when they are not around … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, food, katherinegregor, napkin, restaurants, scribe doll, scribedoll, waiters
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Odds & Ends: The Neglected Sense
On the Tube, the conductor’s announcement is so loud, the sound is fuzzy and incomprehensible. I plug my fingers into my ears and meet the eyes of other passengers. They are impassive; their curiosity at my reaction, unemotional. In the … Continue reading
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Tagged katherine gregor, manuel de falla, music, nights in the gardens of spain, noise, orpheus, plato, proms, royal albert hall, scribe doll, scribedoll, volume
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Odds & Ends: An Actor’s Perception of Age
I used to be a theatrical agent. A few of my ex-clients, I now have the pleasure and privilege of calling my friends. Perhaps one of them will be able to solve this particular puzzle. Or did this happen only … Continue reading
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Tagged actors, age, agents, casting, katherine gregor, scribe doll, theatre
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Odds & Ends: Crows
To listen to my Sound Sculpture feature on crows on the BBC Radio 4 programme Saturday Live, broadcast on 14 January 2012 please click here. It’s the weekend. I go for a walk in my local park, which flanks the river. … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, crows, east anglia, katherine gregor, scribe doll, superstitions
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Pet Hates: “We” Couples
I have the privilege of knowing couples whose relationships (at least as far as I can see) are an inspiration. In some cases, I have a friendship with both partners; in others, just with one – generally because I either … Continue reading
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Tagged couples, jerry herman, katherine gregor, musicals, scribe doll, single, solo, travelling, we
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In the Mountains of Abruzzo
The plan had been to spend a week in Tuscany. Then, I closed my eyes and opened The Rough Guide to Italy at a random page. No, not Tuscany. Abruzzo. The National Park of Abruzzo. 400 square kilometres of rugged, … Continue reading
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Odds & Ends: The English Food Complex
Of course, not all the English are like this. “Is this all right, my dear, or is it too much?” The hostess looks in earnest. You stare at the minuscule mound before you, and resist the temptation of lifting your … Continue reading
