Hello friends, as the title suggests I am running a marathon.  I am doing this for two reasons:

I like running. (Not a big deal)

To raise some money for charity. (A very big deal indeed!)

The charity  I am running for also pays my wage...thought I had better declare my interest!

The Globe Players have taken Shakespeare into schools for 50 years this year, giving thousands of children every year access to top quality live theatre; for some of these children, the only exposure they will ever get. 

In the grand scheme of things....Shakespeare will not re-home or feed anyone however, it can help to offer a different perspective to children......and as Churchill himself observed...”If we had cut funding to the arts during the 2nd world war, what exactly was it we were fighting for?”