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A Cultural Weekend

Last weekend remains a blur.

Two weeks after Greenbelt, another weekend of arts, friendship and debate. But this time, it was home-grown. I went to see Nicola in Leeds, and we managed to roll in:

• Hamlet, in the open-air at Kirkstall Abbey,
• a walk on Ilkley Moor,
• Bruce Cockburn play an intimate gig in Manchester,
• talks on politics, art, religion and personal backgrounds,
• a meander through a gallery of Hockneys, and
• good meals from wherever was closest at the time.

A fine way to spend a weekend, so many ways like Greenbelt, but a Greenbelt where it's OK to take insane timid pets.