It's Me!

...being the name of the musical which Years 1 & 2 have been working on for the last 4 weeks and performed at school this evening. It was quite a production: acting, dancing, singing, a bit of video, all on the theme of health. N was a dancer and singer in the Second Act which was all about tummy aches. They all (just about) remembered their lines...

As did Barack Obama in his historic address to both Houses of Parliament which I watched live, slumped on the sofa. How does he do it? How can anyone give a speech for the best part of an hour with no notes, no autocue, no prompter buried in his ear, without so much as an "er" or an "um"? Beats me.