A viewing of the Matisse cutouts with Judith and Francis – such a treat to be able to see them without too many people there. They are wonderfully joyful – sets you up for the […]
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126th birthday celebration
It had been going to be a 100th birthday party (50 + 50, rather a long time ago), but Jane R and I never got round to it. So we decided we’d have a truly […]
girls’ day out
Jane R and I went to the Martin Creed at the Hayward, and then on to Brindisa for lunch. The exhibition was such fun – a huge rotating metal beam so big that they had […]
l(a)unch for lea
On the day she was predicted to arrive, we had a launch-lunch for Lea (that’s Lee-ah) Alexa Cressey, Dan and Emily’s new small person. She’s already two-and-a-half weeks old, and Gwyneth, Rachel and Ricky, and […]
seaside treats 2
In contrast with East Beach, the West beach cafe is lovely. Designed by Asif Khan, it’s modest and entirely appropriate to its location, looking a bit like a container at the top of the beach. […]
seaside treats 1
This was the much-postponed trip for Marion’s birthday, and we finally made it to Littlehampton, and the Thomas Heatherwick-designed cafe. The food was really terrific, but the architecture? The most interesting side of the building […]
borders 2
After we’d walked along the Long Mynd in the morning, a complete contrast to the valleys of the previous day, all moorland and huge horizons, we were off to Stokesay Castle. It’s is a wonderfully […]
borders 1
We got the very best out of the Easter weekend in the Welsh Borders with Tim and Jennie at their cottage in the most isolated of valleys. We walked up to Offa’s dyke and along […]
new stairs, new hang
Ali and Debra and I finally got to meet up at Tate Britain to see the refurb and the new hang. The staircases are spectacular – very fine indeed. And the new hang, of which […]
punting
We took Tim’s father’s paintings to Damian in Cambridge so that he could photograph them. It was a doubly successful delivery trip in that Robin had found somewhere which would take all the old computer […]