Category: Art
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While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.”Tis some visitor,” I muttered, ”tapping…
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I am off to the Paula Rego exhibition at the Tate. My sister invited me to a private view and has timed tickets for 7pm.…
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A couple of days ago, browsing in a poetry book I came across a short poem. I never realised a poem could be so short!…
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IDA RUBINSTEIN: The Final Act This new play by Christian Holder reveals the untold story of Dance’s forgotten diva, Ida Rubinstein. A true tale of…
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It is the night of the Blue Moon, August 2021. I am sitting in a beautiful seaside garden bathed in moonlight. Andrew (my lord and…
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Under an overcast sky, threatening rain, I and my eldest son set off to see the David Hockney exhibition, The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020…
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The Joys of Sunbathing Aah! To bathe in the sunCan be relaxing funSensing UV raysOn hot sunlit daysSoaking up vitamin D(seems good to me)ButLying so…
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The Solitary Bee I am a solitary beeon my ownI am not a queen or even a drone I hum a tuneFrom time to timeIt…
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Perhaps it is time to tell TV weather forecasters to wipe the smiles off their faces?
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During Lockdown I took to feeding the birds on our balcony. It is fun identifying all the individual characters of the birds that come to…
