the emotional blackmailers handbook

of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and worst by far is emotional blackmail ... the diligent practise of this subtle and ancient art creates a constantly evolving darwinistic moral vacuum in which the brightest new manipulative ideas and stratagems flourish ... and which only you, or i, can fill !

evensong with fred and ginger

"when you've finished photographing those things, will you put them back the way they were ?"

had you been an english-speaking fly on the wall in our place this morning, you might have heard ...

intersecting dreams ... winslow homer and paula rego

genius

today is a certain someone's birthday

green grow the rushes, o!

the road to westminster

boo ! hiss ! ... an unusual perspective of lord leighton's athlete and python

V and A

gilda ... at one end of a gigantic wine cooler

a casting of the porch at santiago de compostela ... the semi-circle of musicians

lady lavender ... the as-yet unmartyred patron saint of librarians

they must have been frisky once upon a time

chaos in the castings room

wot makes the world go 'round

not the kind of gel who tans easily

my mind goes blank ... again !

a bank in the strand

saint dunstan's in fleet street