So: a couple of weeks have passed and I’ve reflected on my attitude to New Yorkers… And decided to stick with my original analysis! The poisonous harridan at the ‘Broadway venue’ is still the worst example, but apocryphal reports from others tend to back up my opinion about Americans in… Continue reading
So: I’ve been there and don’t feel the need to ever return. However, as a married man, I’m not actually ‘Mistress of my own fortune’ in this matter… It was… interesting. To see for myself some of those places I’ve only ever seen depicted through the distorting lens of the… Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, we spent a few days in Oxford, seeing the sights. We stayed in the Falcon Hotel/B&B in Abingdon Road. Not a bad place and cheaper than we expected. Most usefully, it’s within walking distance of the City Centre – or at least, it started off… Continue reading
So we went to see the RA summer exhibition. Once again, the best bits were the ‘public’ submissions. I may be a bit intolerant, but I think that most of the Academician’s own submissions were self-indulgent claptrap. Of course, there were a few good ones, but I really do think… Continue reading
The other week, we decided to visit the Royal Academy in Piccadilly, London in order to view the Anish Kapoor sculpture exhibition. Outside, Anish had built a very large sculpture consisting of a large number of reflective spheres linked together. It was truly spectacular and we spent a while photographing… Continue reading