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There is a pub trip planned for my work colleagues tomorrow.  Beers and an important rugby game. I’m glad I’m at work. The pub trip I can do, but watching competitive games generally don’t  catch my imagination as much as most and the tribal and verbal part of supporting my hometown is somewhat lost on me. Am I repressed or am I not swayed by the crowd ?  I suspect it’s a bit of both if the truth were known. Anyhow, like I said , I’m glad not to be there I wouldn’t pretend to be interested in who made which try  And that can dampen the atmosphere sometimes I concede. And I don’t really drink during the day…an anathema to many sporting fans I know. I’ve never screamed my head off watching a concert, or laughed hysterically at a comedy gig Though I have got quite giddy at a great play, or the ballet when the mood has taken me. I’m not one for pretending to pray in Church either. During prayers I keep my head up, and listen politely . I find the pretenc...

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Shirley and I went to see "Belfast" yesterday afternoon. Not the city in Northern Ireland but the semi-autobiographical film about Sir Kenneth Branagh's  childhood in that notorious city. He wrote the script and he directed it. His part was played endearingly and brilliantly by an animated little actor called Jude Hill. Sir Kenneth Branagh If you wish to read a professional review of "Belfast", just search the net and I am sure you will easily locate several of them. "Belfast" is almost wholly presented in black and white, a factor that helps to place it back in 1969 and 1970. The Troubles are breaking out between Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods but that appears like mere background as the film focuses upon the happiness, unity and anxieties of one working class Protestant family. There 's a pretty stellar cast including a lovely cameo performance by the brilliant Yorkshireborn actress Judi Dench as Granny. Jamie Dornan, who starred ...