a proper lunch break with laura and nic

i was on my way back from an unexpected and urgent dash to banbury when i realized i could easily spend an hour with some friends who live near the motorway ... so i did !

lewes crown court ( i )

the old pevsner's guide to the architecture of sussex says the three panels represent Truth, Justice, and Mercy ... i'd like more of an an explanation ... any suggestions ?

lewes crown court ( ii )

lewes crown court ( iii )

oxen, pulling cart and plough, at the old lewes town hall

the lamb ... the nicest pub sign in lewes

the higgledy piggledy roofs of lewes station

to greenwich in the rain ...

... and the fabulous national maritime museum

necessity is the mother of invention

ornaments of malmesbury society, sue and james castle loitering in the national portrait gallery

trafalgar square on a rainy night in january

captain james cook maintaining a sharp lookout in front of the admiralty

garrets

the old cabbies' cabin under hungerford bridge

thames, dogger, fisher, humber ... windy and wet

nine elms moon set

fellini satyricon

not a "nice" film ... but possibly a great film

after seeing it thirty something years ago i was troubled and haunted by it's violence and amorality

i wondered if it had been made with a subtext, such as ...

"fellow italians, we've been here before ! do you really want to go here again ?"

of course, i was fatuously wrong

i now know that life and art can't offer us an either/or scenario and fellini would certainly have known that !

people don't juxtapose the words sublime and ridiculous for nothing

bought at hartfield in ashdown forest, a gentle "your turn to make the toast" reminder for the loved one

to the tate britain on millbank ...