Benn v Bellew

I am enjoying Kenneth Rose’s Journals. On every page there is some donnish joke worth repeating but, hitherto, I have resisted.

The Syrian Solution

I wonder how history will treat the actors strutting the Brexit stage? I hope Theresa May comes out with credit. By the time the history books are written she may, in any case, be Duchess of Berkshire, KG, etc.

The Fourth Wall

The fourth wall, as you know, is the space which separates a performer from the audience; or, if you will, the conceptual barrier between a fictional work and its viewers or readers.

A Tale of Two Restaurants

There are two restaurants within ten minutes walk of my front door that I’d not been to until this week.

The Durbar Court

On Monday morning I had to sing for my supper at the Foreign Office. The FCO fund election observation missions and want to know how their money has been spent, what we did and what impact it has.

Fitzrovia Chapel

Yesterday I went with The Friends of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens to the Fitzrovia Chapel. Above, is what it looked like when the Middlesex Hospital was demolished;  rather forlorn.

ULEZ

The Fulham Society newsletter is always informative and interesting. Here’s an extract from the February 2019 issue.

The Shooting Directory

The best things in life are sometimes free. Growing up in Ireland shooting was almost free.

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