Took myself to see the award winning Mr Turner yesterday. It is a long, quiet, enthralling biographical film, beautifully shot (presumably in a suitably Turneresque palette of colours) about the earthy and slightly bizarre later life of the famous English painter. To my mind it is very European film, being as it is about as far removed from a ( Read more... )

Back from a brief trip to Edinburgh where I have left my daughter to celebrity spot work for Fringe festival venue organisation Space UK for four weeks. Should she happen to spot Mr Cumberbatch in the locality later in the month when he is attending this event ( Read more... )

It was Mum’s choice how we should spend last Wednesday before we went to the theatre. She chose to visit The Wallace Collection, which I had not heard of before http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Collection ( More )