Work can sometimes be annoying but I today received the following email:
"Marketing's Darth Vader costume is missing from the sub-basement. If you have spotted Darth on your department's shelf in the basement or have borrowed him for any reason please contact Helen"
It's nice to start the day with a smile.

That's what I get for not reading programme notes.
His cello concertos are in the same situation but are still performed fairly often (the first one at least), but that's probably more to do with the relative paucity of cello repertoire compared to violin. A shame really as it was really good, and there are only so…

That sounds really good. It's a bit of a shame how few opportunities there are to see/hear things that aren't part of the canon; I'd rather have new stuff that's never been heard than oldies which have been pretty much forgotten for a reason.

Music - pop

Yep, I even remember seeing one or two that had two authors; the subject had outlived the journalist who'd started writing the obit.

You mean it isn't?

Yes, it's uncomfortable because no-one under 18 has ever had sex, or wanted to for that matter.

The lines for the museums aren't usually too bad, you should be ok (be aware however that the very vast majority are closed on Tuesdays).
For cheese, check out Androuet.
If you're into film, they still have an amazing network of repertory theatres.
As some said, just walking around is lovely, and the town is quite small.
I…

I vote for Marias, but I wouldn't mind if there was one or two before it.

Caramel Chew-Chew for me, but we don't get the full range.

Finally went to this place called Champagne + Fromage, where we had a bottle of Michel Furdyna Carte Blanche, it had lovely sweet notes, and was relatively cheap as far as champagne goes.

It's been the case for even longer than that, Cervantes wrote part 2 of Don Quixote to counter all the bootlegs/fanfictions.

I think they are now giving students a week's headstart, but I thought it was only for very select tickets (including some stall circle standing, which is why I heard about it, us sort of productive members of society are annoyed), I wonder if you could pick from what was left of the friends allocation or if it let…

As a student (assuming you are still one), I believe you now have priority access to the stall circle standing, they're pretty ideal for ballet.

If you can find it, I recommend Howard Fast's Being Red, his memoir about being an American Jewish Red.

One funny/unfortunate corollary is that it is very common for the audience to boo the performers who do the villains (Rothbart, Carabosse, etc.). British dancers take it in stride and accept it as the compliment it's meant to be; but there are tales of Russian dancers not aware of this cultural quirk going back to…

Jaw-dropping is what Don Quixote should be about, and he is one of the few in the company who can pull it off.

I usually avoid readings and literary events, apart from him, I can't think of many authors who actually manage to make the experience worthwhile.

It was at Westminster Central Hall in London, it was apparently the only time he was going to read it from beginning to end.
I can't imagine him doing anything similar in a bookstore, it was amazing;y popular, tickets sold out ridiculously quickly (about 1,500 of them), and it was the first time I saw a queue that…

I don't think I've ever seen a Russian company be simply fun. They are technically impressive, and it's always a delight to see a good one, but I have a hard time imagining them selling the story aspect of a work. Whereas the RB comes from a rather strong tradition of storytelling, if not pantomime, and it remains…