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AS TEMPERATURES plunged below zero a while ago, I lay in bed listening to the rattle of the boiler and thought of the frost scene from Henry Purcell’s King Arthur.
This semi-opera “semi” because the main characters do not sing, that’s left to the show’s supernatural figures or drunks was premiered at the Queen’s Theatre in London in 1691 during the “little ice age” of the 17th century.
The poet John Dryden had written an earlier version of the libretto in 1684 to mark the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Charles II and the 1691 production, with music by Henry Purcell, took place in May or June after another bitter winter.
“My Best Day In” – a Dalesman reader’s lockdown diary – February edition
February’s front cover courtesy of Robert Fuller
Sometimes, I lie awake at night and think about things before falling asleep again. Last night I wondered why I always felt so much better after having read The Dalesman.
It is simple really – we subscribe to a daily broadsheet and there is nothing but bad news – the Covid crisis – all doom and gloom, sadness and despair and, just occasionally, a happy titbit about someone whose pet has done something extraordinary.
And then The Dalesman drops through the door and there is a promise of a treat of a whole series of articles that are usually full of interest and pleasure and often of humour. This month’s edition is no exception. Having read it from glossy cover to glossy cover I just felt a feeling of real happiness and elation.