Yesterday, the radio opera was Peter Grimes. I’m only familiar with one of the soloists – but that one is a giant – Sir Bryn Terfel. He eang the role of Captain Balstrode who is the voice of reason – and, at the end, a kind of deus ex machina. The title character, Peter Grimes, is not terribly likeable, but it’s hard to resist feeling sorry for him, the outsider – especially at a time and place when so many people in our own nation suffer just for being different. Grimes is not congenial, but he is also not vicious. He is either incompetent, negligent, or both, but does not deliberately hurt anyone. Here’s a little rabbit hole to go down: “Grimes” issassrealnamesthatsreal people have (or did have). My first cousin once removed on my mother’s side – the daughter of the sister of my grandmother – married a Grimes- not Peter, but Claude. So I know it’s real.
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Yes, we recently had a story much like this – but I’m pretty sure this is a second one.
I try each Sunday to find good news which is totally unrelated to politics and/or government (snd most of that we all This week, so much of the good news was political (and most of that you already know) I couldn’t do it. Hopefully I can get back to apolitical news next week.
