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the snow queen and a caste system

By Lucy | Published December 18, 2005

Braved the snowdrifts this morning and headed into Aberdeen. Had wonderful lunch at the Lemon Tree ( in Aberdeen, edit in 2010 – has changed hands since but still does vegan food, not marked on menu as before). They have live jazz music on weekend lunchtimes – we all really enjoyed that. Love the way [...]

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Hamlet

By admin | Published November 16, 2005

Did this activity – most enjoyable. Funny how, once again, the notes for teachers seem to assume teachers are people of excessively limited knowledge – and the comment about the crayons and pencils making the only sound in the room: what school is this??? Followed up by taking it in turns read the famous soliloquy [...]

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vikings and sculptures

By Lucy | Published August 20, 2005

Gorgeous sunny day – it’s very autumnal feeling up here now but today was mild and lovely. Firstly went to the library. Daniel got a book on the Welsh language – he is currently loving studying languages especially obscure ones like Cornish and Cumbric. Charlotte was delighted to get a Harry Potter book on CD [...]

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a midsummers nights dream

By Lucy | Published August 6, 2005

Last night we went to an outdoor performance of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ by the Festival Players Theatre Company at Pitmedden Garden. It was truly fantastic – even Davie, who has never experienced any Shakespeare had tears of laughter running down his face by the end! It was a really interesting interpretation with an [...]

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