Those of you who, assuming that you had heard of them at all, had thought that the grand Salons Musicales of fin de siécle Paris – such as that of the Princesse de Polignac or the Countess Greffuhle – were a thing of the past, would be just so wrong. They are alive and kicking – …
Christmas shopping in NW3…..
If anyone out there is likely to be in reasonable reach of NW3 this Saturday (8th December) between 11am and 4pm – and is an enthusiast of mid 20th century Brutalist architecture, the Bauhaus movement, Agatha Christie or Soviet spies..... They might just want to pop in to the …
Harry Leslie Smith
(Image courtesy of Sarah Lee for the Guardian.) I don't usually regret having handed over all social media activity to Cressida and Kathy but reading the Guardian's obituary this week of Harry Leslie Smith aged 95 I sort of wish that I had remained logged in just to read his …
FreeFrom Eating Out Awards – and today’s papers…..
The three weeks that followed our celebration of James' life on November 2nd (see my earlier blog) have been extremely hectic as I had to cram all of the work that I would normally have done over four to six weeks for the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards presentation into 15 days. So …
A celebration of James’ life and work
As many of you will know, on August 24th, James, my partner for over 50 years, died suddenly after a very short and totally unexpected illness. If you had come across James it would either have been as the FoodsMatter/FreeFrom Awards webmaster and IT guru or as our video …