Verdi Bicentenary 18 Jun 2013 | 09:25 pm

Found this in a charity shop! No history or provenance, but I suspect it might be worth rather more than the six quid I paid for it!!

INTERNATIONAL BRIDGADES MEMORIAL TRUST annual commemoration 16 Jun 2013 | 08:00 pm

The garden today 29 May 2013 | 03:41 pm

It's looking so good!! More violas ..... I just LOVE the delicate shading on these violas! And here are the first blossoms on the QUINCE tree!! Just so wonderful to have a quince tree!! And some A...

The garden today 5 May 2013 | 10:40 pm

The garden is really flourishing now - here are some pics, I'm especially delighted with the violas. Blossom on the trees - Apple blossom Cherry Blossom Violas

R.I.P Sir Colin Davis 15 Apr 2013 | 02:36 am

I was saddened to hear this evening of the death of the great conductor Sir Colin Davis. The announcement from the London Symphony Orchestra read as follows: It is with deep sadness that the LSO anno...

R.I.P. Hugo Chavez 6 Mar 2013 | 04:06 am

Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela, has died of cancer aged 58. He wasn't a saint, by any means, (I was very disappointed that he forged links with Ahmedinajad, for example) but he achieved a lo...

The garden in winter 15 Feb 2013 | 03:52 pm

This is how my garden looked in the snow last month

La Traviata at ENO 6 Feb 2013 | 02:56 am

Verdi: La Traviata English National Opera at London Coliseum, 2 February 2013 Cast Violetta Valery, a courtesan............................... .Corinne Winters Alfredo Germont.........................

Europe-Wide Action/Strike Against Austerity, November 14 14 Nov 2012 | 03:46 am

Anti-Austerity March, London, 20 October 2012 22 Oct 2012 | 04:48 pm

On Saturday 20 October, thousands of  people (it is estimated at about 100,000) took to the streets of London (and Glasgow and Belfast) to protest against the policies of the ConDem government, which ...