Play with London to your heart's content!

well, it seems that everybody thinks these days that the city is up for grabs in any way, and by listening to the brexit discussions you quickly get the feeling that it's perfectly ok to move a few things around, like big banks to frankfurt, or why not take london out of the uk (may i secretely admit that that may be one of the better ideas?). even big ben has been messed with, though not by luka (pictured) while he was here (or did you do it, luka - luka??) and is silent for a while, while everybody else is lamenting. so - the question remains (REMAINS!!!) - what did the next picture show? what DID luka do? look at his face and tell me...

Purcell School Leavers Presentation 2017

the skies over kent

Purcell Class Of 2017

here we have the entire cohort of the purcell's school 2017 output, 38 fine budding musicians to be dispersed into the world of brahms, beethoven and prokofiev (whose haunting violin concerto no 2 we heard tonight)and if the recent string of concerts is anything to go by this lot will do rather well... good luck you all!

Pele Uibel – Nachwuchssportler des Monats Juni 2017

BEST NEPHEW EVER!

ach ja, da war ja noch ne kleinigkeit - das geschenk -- habs auch nit vergessen, nur, e, etwas zu - e- kommt schon noch!!! schmatzis!!! 

and so much for london, thank god!

holy christ, where are we??

hard to believe but good old deptford is becoming fashionable, with a number of reports on its restaurants (£120 for a meal in D??) in the evening standard  and the guardian, with all the pros and cons of gentrification thrown at us. now that deptford can also claim to host lewisham's only cinema (and my husband loosely involved there), it clearly reaches for the stars... 

melting pans and pots

"the influence of london is greater than might be immediately apparent. london looks outwards — and will continue to do so despite ingerlandland’s wanton self-harm. theresa may’s “if you believe you are a citizen of the world you are a citizen of nowhere” is the assertion of a half-wit.

jonathan meades in the ft(on culinary plagiarism, but it works nicely in a more general sense…)

lately at my station

credits go to luke agbaimoni

at my desk today...

... looking grim... don't know why...

Georgie-Porgie

the latest in daughter's long list of mounts - the rather fabulous george, who, i am told, nobody in the stable really wants to ride because he is rather - shall we say - independently minded? daughter however seems to get along fine - so far, that is...

Terry Hall & Tim Burgess in conversation

ARTWORK OF THE WEEK

 TO QUOTE FROM THE PURCELL SCHOOL BULLETIN:

ARTWORK OF THE WEEK
In the build up to her Art Exam, Upper Sixth student Frederike Schroeder-Rossell has decided to tackle the intricate art of leaf carving. It requires delicate precision and patience to achieve a result like this, and we look forward to seeing what further developments she can derive from these
experiments.

Happy Birthday, Conny!

spring is in the air...

The Netherlands welcomes Trump

and another one - FANTASTIC!!! (this one from lubach)

Switzerland Second by domonic deville

(found this by chance and had to post it as it is just wild...i didn't realise the swiss had such a dark humour... the artist is dominic deville)

what a starting point!

shia labeouf(from the website)

'Commencing at 9am on January 20, 2017, the day of the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States, the public is invited to deliver the words "HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US" into a camera mounted on a wall outside the Museum of the Moving Image, New York, repeating the phrase as many times, and for as long as they wish.

Open to all, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the participatory performance will be live-streamed continuously for four years, or the duration of the presidency. In this way, the mantra "HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US" acts as a show of resistance or insistence, opposition or optimism, guided by the spirit of each individual participant and the community.' 

love it!!!

another day on the trains...

waiting for the...

Wonder why it's getting cold at night

I must be getting old

Looks like I'm gonna have to wait a while

What the hell, I'm bored

What's that there on the railway line

Looks like my old brown shoe

It ain't mine mister, how's that for laughs

Not even how do you do

Wonder what's cooking at the house tonight

Stew and beans

Tune that station, turn that dial

Have another dream

Ain't it stupid how some people stare

Not even how do you do

What's that mister - na na na

I'm just the same as you

Running down the main line

Shaking off the pain

Heading for a bright time

Waiting for a train

Who's that guy, I've seen his face before

Where or when

Must be another face from Suzie's bar

It was different then

Ain't no way that I can fix this up

I've really lost the place

What's that mister, yeah yeah

I hope they fix you face

1. She says you don't make it

2. She said you don't care

3. She said she's unhappy

4. That you're never there

5. She give you the option

6. You sink or you drown

7. Well what's it to be Jo

Best horse ever

such a good lad (as my daughter would say) and so very sorry not to ride him any longer. enjoy your retirement, beautiful leon!