Author Archives: lesleyjonesberry

Inspiration

Posted on January 26, 2014 by lesleyjonesberry

Last year, my theatre-going declined, for a number of reasons I won’t go into here. The gap was, to some extent, bridged by the NT Live re-broadcasts and our autumn was spent revisiting the past: A Habit of Art, Frankenstein, … Continue reading →

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I think you’ll find it’s a bit more complicated than that*

Posted on September 13, 2013 by lesleyjonesberry

A week since ResearchEd and a plethora of blogs already.  This is appropriate as ResearchEd evolved from, and remains part of, an ongoing  conversation. 

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it happened on Twitter

Posted on September 7, 2013 by lesleyjonesberry

6.39am and it is not a school day, though my feelings are strangely akin to those felt by our new Year 7s earlier this week. I’m about to start my journey to Dulwich (no, I didn’t know either but it … Continue reading →

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Know the meaning of enough

Posted on June 8, 2013 by lesleyjonesberry

Last week we listened to Chris Wood, a wonderful folk singer/songwriter who, through his performance style, takes unassuming to an art form.

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Good deeds in a naughty world

Posted on May 15, 2013 by lesleyjonesberry

Recently I took my daughter’s watch into Timpsons in the hope of repair. It’s a much loved,10-year old Harry Potter-themed watch, whose plastic buckle had become insecure. We knew it was easy to replace the whole strap but this is … Continue reading →

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And finally, on backing vocals…

Posted on April 30, 2013 by lesleyjonesberry

In 2012 my new year’s resolutions included going to more live performance.  Not simply theatre:  it’s probably obvious that my addiction to live theatre is chronic and acute, thank God.  I made an effort to go to music events, of … Continue reading →

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Pass it on

Posted on April 13, 2013 by lesleyjonesberry

I was trying to write a blog contrasting quantitative and qualitative approaches to research and posed the example question “Why has Nick Hytner been good for the National Theatre?”.  Quantitatively, one would look at revenue and audience numbers, but the post was entirely hijacked by … Continue reading →

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He stars eternally

Posted on March 30, 2013 by lesleyjonesberry

I love The History Boys – although explaining how and why I love it is probably another blog.  This weekend, any thoughts of that wonderful production are dominated by our loss of the colossal, inimitable Richard Griffiths. 

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On the Twelfth Day of Christmas..

Posted on January 25, 2013 by lesleyjonesberry

This is merely a postscript to my post “A Foolish Thing”, after which I was so incapacitated by excitement that I was unable to write another word for months. Ok, less excitingly, but more accurately, the demands of work and … Continue reading →

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“A sad tale’s best for winter”

Posted on January 25, 2013 by lesleyjonesberry

It’s probably obvious already from this blog that I love stories:  I love them in books, I love them even more incarnate in the theatre.   I spent three years getting an English degree merely because it meant (in those heady … Continue reading →

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