Myrtle’s 90th Birthday Party…

A fabulous birthday today thrown by my sister Joanna today for Myrtle who is actually 90 years old next week. Close family, cousins, godparents.  And a gorgeous birthday cake made by my niece Charlotte . 🥰

Pigs and Fonts…

Pig breeds you might think were fonts:

Aksai Black Pied

Basque

Beijing Black

Breitovo

British Landrace

Chato Murciano

Iberian

Juliana

Mangalitsa

 

Fonts you might think were pig breeds:

Cholla Slab

Gloucester

Granjon

Perpetua

Rockwell

Cloister Black

Wilson Greek

Dip’s 40th…

It was lovely to be invited to help Dip celebrate his 40th birthday on Saturday.  Great food, great company, lots of laughs. Cheers buddy X

Ted Lasso S4E4…

Talking of Ted Lasso.  Have you watched the most recent episode? Season 4, Ep 9?

No spoilers.

But that closing shot. It caught my breath. The way it was filmed. The last gesture, the movement of his head had me in tears.

@AppleTV @JasonSudeikis

#TedLasso #AFCRichmond #Believe

5G…

 I just had my annual ‘flu and pneumonia jabs.  Can I expect my 5G reception to improve? 🤣🤣🤣

Chickpeas with baharat and orange recipe…

Tonight’s supper a Yotam Ottolenghi recipe; chickpeas with baharat and orange recipe.  Let’s see if Stuart appreciates the 12 gloves of garlic. Lol

Uncle Hedgehog…

Dave is in town over from Melbourne so what better excuse than to go on a little bit of a pub crawl last Saturday with Stuart, Darren, Darce, and myself 🍺 🤣

@tiinydave 

@juggyjones

@darce_styles 

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in Concert…

On Sunday night Darce and I went to the @royalalberthall to see an orchestral performance of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

It was fantastically played by @royalphilconcertorchestra. Very entertaining and great fun. Hogwarts, but with considerably better acoustics.

#HarryPotter #HarryPotterInConcert #PhilosophersStone #RoyalAlbertHall #RoyalPhilharmonicConcertOrchestra #London

Comfortably Numb…

A brilliant Friday night in Hastings and St Leonard’s. Rumbling up two funiculars with Paul.  Then cocktails and burgers with Simon and Charlie too. Then Think Floyd.  And Charlie put me up for the night in his fabulous marine apartment.  Good times. 

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?...

Last night Stuart & I went to see acerbic masterpiece Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? directed by Marianne Elliot @sohoplace theatre in London's glitzy West End.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1962 play by Edward Albee that examines the breakdown of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, history professor George (Billy Crudup) & his wife Martha (Gillian Anderson).

In the early hours of the morning on campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited new professor Nick (Josh Dylan) & his wife Honey (Phoebe Horn) to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows & dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George & Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a moment of devastating truth telling.

Martha & George's tempestuous & volatile relationship is unsettling but fascinating to watch. Their truth is cruel & vicious. It's about as far away from the American happy nuclear family as you could imagine.

Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton famously bought the play to the big screen in 1966. And although Taylor's Oscar winning performance initially loomed large in our thoughts last night the evening belonged to Gillian Anderson. Her Martha was almost feline as she spat out her lines. Her Martha was a cat trapped. A cat with its fur up. A cat on a hot tin Woolf.

The ghost of Taylor after all.

Highly recommended. If you can get a ticket! And can cope with the 3hrs 30mins running time, including an interval. 

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