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Judi Dench, Harriet Walter and more share Shakespeare speech about kindness
Judi Dench has returned to a Shakespearean role she played 50 years ago in a new video. The actor recited excerpts from Portia’s “the quality of mercy” speech from The Merchant of Venice, in the clip posted on Twitter by Jade Anouka. She appears alongside Harriet Walter, Paapa Essiedu, Paterson Joseph, Meera Syal, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Simone…
Hello MYsocial Members,
I am writing to provide an update on how to pay the annual membership fee for MYsocial. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this process. We have been working hard in the background to organise membership payment methods and information, and we wanted to keep you in the loop. How to pay the…
Dancing Queen routine for Life
OK… we know you have some Pom Poms somewhere lying around! Go on, this is your big moment, go find them! Seriously though… no Pom Poms required. But here’s another fab routine from Hannah with another great tune.
MYsocial – Together – all of us
We have a Zoom group every Wednesday at 3:30. We call it ‘Together’. We talk about life. Turns out that’s a subject where we have a lot to offer each other, being old enough to know a thing or three. As we got on enjoying the big family this has become, we started thinking about…
Old people are bad
If you think black people are bad you’re a racist. Not a good look these days. If you think women are bad you’re a sexist, and likewise. Gays are no good? You’re a homophobe and sad. Old people? Well now, here we have a popular prejudice at last. If we just locked up everyone over…
Age Strong
“Older people are our underdeveloped renewable natural resource.”- Professor Peter J Whitehouse “We’re all on this amazing ride together, younger people are just older people in training, and ageing is an elite sport. Let’s get good at it.” – Paul Springer Age UK Lambeth has a bit of a plan. The idea is that we…
ZEN, NEVER AGEING, STAR WARS and BEING a ONE TRICK PONY
Recycle my last blog? Seriously? Yes, well you need to read it to appreciate this one, and it is a wonderfully short and easy read. It’s about the ancient Zen of the Original Face and how easy, obvious and practical it is as “a meditation that works with bingo, football, making love, shopping, dying, partying……
Deals on Meals – 2
Found just along Streatham High Street, is local award-winning restaurant for best place to eat and drink, Trio Pizzeria! So you can only imagine our excitement upon hearing this as we already had a deal and meal booked with them! The evening started as we took our seats on the lovely raised decking giving us…
#Togetherathome COLDPLAY
A pile of artists around the world are beginning to share some impromptu gigs. Here’s a great half-hour from Chris Martin of Coldplay. Enjoy!
Arm Exercise Chair Dance
Some of you will remember Hannah from our Dance sessions. Here’s a nice gentle Arm exercise routine, you can easily do sat in your chair. And a nice tune too!
Sadler’s Wells launches free daily online dance classes and performances
If dance is your thing, then here’s a great offer. Some fantastic performances for you to sit back and enjoy. And, if you are feeling energetic, some classes for you to join in with! The renowned dance venue has launched a new online platform called Digital Stage, where it will present performances alongside classes created…
Dancing Queen routine for Chair Dance
OK… we know you have some Pom Poms somewhere lying around! Go on, this is your big moment, go find them! Seriously though… no Pom Poms required. But here’s another fab routine from Hannah with another great tune.
One thing I’ve learned from life so far
Well for one thing blogging is easy when other people do most of my thinking for me and I learn to shut up and listen. This week our MYsocial regular Wednesday “Together” discussion was on the theme: One Thing I’ve learned from life so far. Here’s my take on some of the things people came…
Amy MacDonald concert in full
Amy Elizabeth Macdonald (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and musician. She has sold over 12 million records worldwide.[1] Macdonald released her debut album This Is the Life in 2007. The singles “Mr Rock & Roll” and “This Is the Life” from it were chart hits. The latter charted at number one…
Age Strong Town Meetings
I held one of our great “Together” MYsocial Zoom discussions on this subject, and managed to do a really bad job of it. It’s probably going to be good and important – my mistake was not being clear about it. So, trying to do better and in case you’re interested in joining us: Age UK…
OLD, BLACK, WRONG COLOUR, LGBTQ+, DIFFERENT… US AND THEM
This blog brings a lot of issues together because they’re not really separate. Neither are we – you being colourless, ageless space right now for these words to appear in, and me being the same empty space for where they’re coming from. I may look like a gay old green Martian from the outside, but…
The Ageism Virus
Ageism is the one remaining acceptable form of prejudice – even our governments promote it. Covid-19 is an old people problem, right? Wrong. The Gerontological Society of America crunched the numbers and found that 40% of Covid infections are 19-44 year olds, and 34% are age 45-65! With 4% being children, that’s 78 PERCENT of…