Romeo & Juliet & Mark Morris at the Barbican
On Wednesday, legged it down to the Barbican to see Mark Morris’s R&J, with the score unearthed by the incredible Simon Morrison – not just ‘a Princeton music professor’ as…
Der gestohlene Abend
…is the title of my favourite author Wolfram Fleischhauer’s brand new novel (see previous posts here and here). Biked it down to Tate Britain on this bracing but gorgeously sunny…
Gordon Square and the Bloomsbury Ballerina
Ever since I read Judith Mackrell’s heartwarming book about Keynes & Lopokova (see earlier post) I’ve been meaning to drop by Gordon Square one day to see where so much…
Hooray for Siteground
You might have noticed that my site was down over the weekend (database issues), and for rather dull reasons, I couldn’t generate a support ticket to my webhost, Siteground, until…
Gratuitous cat picture
Every blog should have gratuitous cat pictures now and again, even if only to stick two virtual fingers up to those who complain that the internet is full of ‘me…
Battersea sunsets
Popped into Tate Britain because it’s there. I still love Work No. 850 and wish it was permanent. I’m not sure why, or why I could talk elegiacly about it…