Good things:

hano is here. He has a cough and a cold and has come to be cosseted. Mostly this seems to involve tea and cats and a computer at the moment.

Sang in the Creation at St John Smith Square last night. Went very well, I think, and it's a glorious piece. The soloists' duets and trios were especially good. They are doing it at the Proms this ( Read more... )

The posters for the Bloomsbury Festival claiming it was like Glastonbury but with more art and less mud had seemed a bit implausible even before all the rain this weekend. Certainly there was plenty of mud on offer in Brunswick Square yesterday, along with some spectacular puddles. The little stalls around the edge of the square had mainly packed ( Read more... )

Tagged by oursin, I wasn't sure if I can think of five strange things I do... my habits all seem quite sensible to me. However.

1. Reading all the time. Am confident that many people find this weird (though also that many of you won't). I read while cooking, getting dressed, cleaning, or anything I can do one-handed. And in particular I read while ( Read more... )

Went to Wiltshire for a couple of days last week to see a friend with a new baby, and proudly took along the jumper I had knitted. Of course, it turned out I had forgotten to sew on the buttons, and left them in London, so I had to bring it back and post it this week, but they were nonetheless pleased. It certainly has an authentically hand-knitted ( Read more... )