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Antidisestablishmentarianism. Confused? You will be.

Extinction Rebellion chaos at Marble Arch Easter weekend was odd because I read about the Sri Lanka bombings just before I left for church. Those poor people, just going about their business. It was one of the few occasions when I actually stopped to consider that it is now conceivable that I might go to […]

Behold The Man

Agnus Dei; Francisco de Zurbarán  Ecce Homo; Mark Wallinger Once in a while, we encounter a phenomenon that seems to impact the whole world even if we are not directly involved. 9/11 is an obvious example, the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral seems to be another. Coinciding with Holy Week, it has touched a chord […]

Perchance To Dream

This should be the featured imaged. The blasted programme won’t let me set it as such. Grrrr….. Finally back to normal- sort of. Came home after the Fair just in time to tussle with some governmental filing madness. A more paranoid person than I am could easily come to believe that the government is trying […]

Showtime

Day 2 of the Country Living Spring Fair and we are still having fun. Yesterday was a blur – I had to go in 2 hours before the show opened in a mad panic to tweak the displays and make sure all was well. As per normal, the first day was the quietest, we had […]

The Big Reveal

  We made it to Ally Pally! It has been a hectic couple of weeks- I was in New York for 4 days then back to work for a week and now a pell-mell journey to Alexandra Palace. In the midst of that, sorting out tickets which didn’t arrive, ordering last minute ingredients, we have […]