Month: October 2021

Ruff Trade

  The Wallace Collection has a small but magnificent exhibition – Hals: The Male Portrait;

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A Fine Time with Feinstein

Michael Feinstein? Had never heard of him but I accepted an invitation to hear him sing at the Cadogan Hall.

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Beef or Salmon?

I went to the Royal Thames Yacht Club last week, although I’m only a fair weather, G&T in hand, sailor. Yesterday I had lunch at a golf club, my only qualification being a liking for a round of Crazy Golf after a seafood platter in sea-side France.

Murray Mints

  On Saturday Robert takes Bertie to Richmond Park; other suburbians in west London go to the supermarket, wash the car or simply have a cup of coffee and read the papers.

On the River Bank

The London plane trees in Bishop’s Park provide a shady walk along the Thames upstream of Putney Bridge. The oldest were planted in 1893.

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The Spire

A bellcote is like a dovecote with at least one difference; the latter is a home for pigeons, the former for bats and bells.

Spot the Difference

This is the view looking north from the rear of our house. Note the BP car wash, bottom right, and the Ark building on the left as they will appear again. The trees will not appear again so give them a clap now.