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Author: Ronald Weihs

  • “A Number” at the Young Vic

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    Ronald Weihs

    Opera Singer Busking at Blackfriars Bridge The Young Vic is just a stroll east from the Old Vic, along the street called The Cut. (The two theatres have no connection with each other, by the way.) We like the Young Vic very well, for its adventurous programming and its pleasant and affordable cafe. So it…

  • Back in London, August 2015

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    Ronald Weihs

    Judith at Gabriel’s Wharf We’re back, but we almost missed the plane! We arrived at the airport three hours before departure, pre-booked tickets and boarding passes in hand, checked in our luggage, and went off to have something to eat. They’d closed the Swiss Chalet in Terminal 3 (something to do with the PanAm Games)…

  • Why Hydro One should not be privatized

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    Ronald Weihs

    Hydro One Voltage Lines in Woodbridge Ontario, photo Tom Stefanac, from Wikipedia The privatization of Hydro One is a terrible idea, for many reasons. There is one argument that I have not seen in the press, and I’d like to present it now. The idea that retaining the single largest portion of shares guarantees control…

  • Cycling in London, with Boris Bikes

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    Ronald Weihs

    Boris Bikes at Hyde Park, photo by ZanMan (from WikiMedia) This visit, I decided to try cycling in London. When I first went to London, many years ago, the traffic was scary. The streets were filled with cars tearing around corners at high speed, especially cabs. And, of course, for a Canadian visitor, these cars…

  • Ensemble theatre company Idle Motion: Shooting with Light

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    Ronald Weihs

    Shooting with Light. Photo by Richard Davenport Our biggest surprise in our recent London theatre binge was a production by an ensemble company called Idle Motion, at a small space called the New Diorama Theatre near Euston Station. The play was Shooting with Light, “devised, written and directed collaboratively by Grace, Sophie, Nathan, Ellie, Juian…

  • Lullingstone Castle and the World Garden

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    Ronald Weihs

    On a whim, we visited the ancient castle of the Hart Dyke family, with a pedigree going right back to William the Conqueror. Our friend David Hart Dyke, Green Party Candidate for Stoney Creek, would sometimes mention (after I had served him a beer or two) that in England he was a Baronet. “Our castle is in…