I have escaped the unbearable heat of Tokyo for the much cooler weather of Northern Europe.  It is 14 C (57F) in Glasgow this morning.  Thankfully I am staying close to where I will be studying Shakespeare, so I should cope with the cold.  In preparation for the course I have been learning a 3 minute monologue from Love’s Labour’s Lost.  The language is tricky, but hopefully I’ll be able to recite it tomorrow morning.  Acting it will take quite a bit longer.

Come on then; I will swear to study so,

To know the thing I am forbid to know;

— Love’s Labour’s Lost