Would you buy a used tea-set from these men?
To warm-up after my dip at the Lido, where it was almost sunbathing weather at half-past eight in the morning (I’ve made it to 1.3km now – hoping to reach…
Swimming in the rain
There’s nothing like it. If you’re slightly mad, you might want to run outside in a rainstorm like they do in the films. But in Tooting (at the Lido), you…
Work No. 850
Met up with Chris to go and see Martin Creed’s work No. 850 at Tate Britain. His blog and pictures of it are eloquent. My video is just a compilation…
Tooting Bec Lido
Despite the warnings of thunderstorms, made it to the Lido this morning for 8 a.m., determined to become a cold water swimmer, at least for a day. With a 90…
Tchaikovsky’s Großvater
Tchaikovsky’s Großvater: two sources The source of Tchaikovsky’s Großvater (the “grandfather dance” in the party scene in Act 1 of The Nutcracker, and the tune that Schumann quotes in Carnaval…
Tooting Chariot Festival 2008
Every year on the August Bank Holiday this wonderful procession leaves the temple at the end of our road. I finally got my act together and took my video camera.…