Last Friday 15th March it was Red Nose Day (RND) in the UK, this massive BBC telethon aimed at raising funds for the charity Comic Relief. (More about it here).
In the run-up to RND sponsors and partners filled supermarkets and British high streets with merchandise…
…and I was only too happy to oblige, by acquiring yet another red nose, and a ceramic travel mug.
So I felt terribly guilty when, first thing in the morning on RND, I woke up to this news:
- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-47572095
- https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-47556666/red-nose-day-school-shuns-red-nose-plastic-because-of-pollution-fears
- https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-47589047/plastic-red-nose-boycott-some-animals-think-it-s-nice-to-eat-it
There were also reactions on Twitter about the issue:
To make matters worse, RND fell on a Friday, coinciding with a Fridays for Future strike.
Anyway, I still sat down in the evening to watch the telethon live online. Needless to say, the spotlight of the evening was the sequel to Four Weddings and a Funeral, 25 years after its release. The cast includes most of the original actors and actresses, as well as Lily James and Alicia Vikander.
‘One Red Nose and a Wedding’:
Other sketches of the evening included a spoof of Mamma Mia- Here We Go Again, featuring Jennifer Saunders, Carey Mulligan (Suffragette) and comedian Miranda Hart.
