Diary notes at the end of 2021
In 2021, I began writing a diary. I may have lacked the discipline to keep up regular entries, but it’s still a treasured record of an extraordinary period.
Category: Today
“I’m Engaged!”: Andrew and Kristen to marry – 6 April 2018
Andrew Burdett is thrilled to announce his engagement to Kristen Paskins, after a proposal at Cliveden House.
Post-Election: May’s Day of Dismay – 9 June 2017
After the surprise election, the shock results. Andrew Burdett rounds up the political events that led to a hung parliament and Theresa May’s humiliation.
Review: O No! – 9 February 2017
M’Lady remained unconvinced of the gentle Bohemian spirit of ‘O No!’, as I explained: “And then the performer asked for a volunteer to get naked with him in a bag.”
Talking About ‘Talking About Jamie’ – 9 February 2017
As Sheffield Theatres debuts its brand-new musical, ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’, Andrew Burdett met its writers, Tom MacRae and Dan Gillespie Sells.
VIDEO: Review of the Year 2016 – 3 January 2017
From Shakespeare’s birthplace, Andrew Burdett presents his review of 2016, “a most dramatic twelve months”.
A Fresher’s Guide to Fridges – 18 September 2016
Carrying in the abundance of stuff from your dad’s car; making up a bed for, likely, the first time in your life; and setting up your devices on the campus Wi-Fi. All are difficult yet essential parts of Day One at university.
But first and foremost of all is, surely, the fridge-shelf landgrab.
VIDEO: FPJS End of Term – 21 July 2016
Seeing this year’s leavers, who last year were in the Year 5 classes I assisted, was my reward for doing this fun, end-of-term film at Furze Platt Junior School.
