A glimpse of the inner Lillias August

…story, it will remain untold. But how do we get from these beautiful all-in-a-row still life images to the parts of decommissioned guns? The answer lies in what Lillias’s bio does not mention: the fiesty – or even rebellious – side to her creativity. When at school, she painted and exhibited a picture of a hand crushing a stars and stripes coloured ball. Her head-mistress told her to take it off the wall. She admits that she still surprises hersel… Continue reading

The Lockdown Diary – Day 39

…tatistics would indicate that care homes constitute the bull’s eye of COVID-19.   Boris, my wife’s sourdough starter delivered the goods today. Delicious golden crust. Very professional. Donald waits in the wings, though; quietly fermenting and fomenting. Thinking that golf may not be too far away, here’s a little painting I did a few years back. It’s called “iDrive.” Thinking of our cancelled hiking fishing holiday in NZ, I bought a small light-w… Continue reading

The Lockdown Diary – Day 40

…rong, you could be deemed professionally negligent. We were given some knee-tremblingly awful examples of just how badly things can go wrong. I wonder…. If a President of a country – surrounded by medical advisers – gives a whole nation unsolicited medical advice on TV about treatment of a certain condition and that advice is both wrong and dangerous, what responsibility does he have for any deaths that might arise from people following his advice… Continue reading