I posted this link mainly because this website and in the information on it are examples of the the web was like before the grotesque era of social media. it is not a pretty site but it provides a lot of useful information and it was created via a Creative Commons licence and those who built and manage it do it for free. Yes no influencers and supposed content creators but people who embodied one of the original aims of the internet being the free sharing of information and resources. It is why I have a resources page on my website with links to things I find interesting and maybe you will to. Take a look at the archives site listed below. It's very interesting and almost a time-capsule to the way websites looked in the mid 1990s

His Foe was Folly, and his Weapon Wit" this is on W.S Gilberts Monument.

" I am terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music will be put on records forever" Arthur Sullivan.

I know I posted a couple of times a link to the movie Topsy Turvy. I finally looked at it myself last night and I really understood why I enjoyed it so much all those years ago. When MMuDS was producing Gilbert & Sullivan musicals it was if in a way the two gentlemen were just curiosities and caricatures and nobody really took the time to learn or understand anything about them. In Topsy Turvy they become real with the strength of their characters and talent and of course the weaknesses and prejudices of men of their time. Those who love their operettas can probably quote lines from Gilbert's writing. As funny and satirical as it is you can't go past Sullivan's sublime music. They were literally the godfathers of the modern musical and Broadway and they influenced writer and composers well into the twentieth century. So if you are wanting to be involved in a musical production or want to go to the theatre to watch one take a moment and raise a glass to the two men who's work lead the way.

Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 British musical period drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh, starring Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert and Allan Corduner as Sir Arthur Sullivan, along with Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville and Ron Cook. The story concerns the 15-month period in 1884 and 1885 leading up to the premiere of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. The work explores the creative conflict between playwright and composer, and depicts their decision to continue their partnership, which led to their creation of several more Savoy operas.

The second production of the 2025 MMuDS years was The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon. I was not involved in an onstage role but I got to take photographs for “Front of House” and during a Tech / Dress Rehearsal. Taking photos during a show can be difficult because of quick changes in lighting and the movement of the cast. I am learning a lot taking these types of images. I don’t always get focus and exposure correct but I feel even those images can still give a feel for what was happening on stage. I also used for the first time my new Canon 24 to 70mm F2.9mm L series Lens. I still have much more to learn about using this lens and taking show images but I was happy with these. Some of my Images were used in a publicity review article in The Mansfield Courier.