Saturday 28 March 2009

Driving out the Christians




Some Christians come into the home on Sundays and lead hymn singing. Mid refrain she went to the man on the piano, told him he had no business playing her piano and would he leave immediately. The Christians played louder and sang harder, but she bided her time and waited for a lull. "I would like to make an announcement. I would like everybody to stop singing and leave now please!" The Christian with the strong tenor voice sang into her ear to shut her up. The residents hardly registered.

She'd had a delightful time in the garden with her family and Casper the white lurcher, but she probably doesn't remember.

Thursday 5 March 2009

Gaza


To Worcester on Tuesday with Rachel Shabi on behalf of The National, an Abu Dhabi paper. Worcester City Council has voted to twin with Gaza in sympathy with their plight, but amazingly was unable to provide anyone to talk to a newspaper from an Arabian country, even cancelling the one appointment Rachel had made. Were they under pressure from above, or didn't they just get the connection?
Anyway, I made a picture that would make a nice contrast with Gaza, and Rachel did a mass of vox pops.