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.

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.

Had a Sunday walk today on Gallows Down, Inkpen, an area of outstanding natural beauty.

John Pawson

Architects never just stick to buildings, so it's off to London to photograph the gentle and brilliant minimalist architect John Pawson with the new range of kitchenware that he's designed. It's called John Pawson for Demeyere and it's heavy and lustfully lovely and way out of my price range - and it's much too nice to smell of haddock.

Antony hegarty

In a small street of vinyl record shops and cellar bars that open after midnight, up a narrow staircase behind a repair shop, is a single room where John Marchant runs the Isis gallery. He's hung the amazing art of Antony Hegarty, better known for his music. Sadly Hegarty was in New York. It's in Hanway Street and still open. http://isisgallery.org

Haddock Free Zone

Baked a nice piece of haddock for supper last night. This morning we cleaned the oven, washed the kitchen walls, cleaned the kitchen floor, laundered the tea towels, replaced the waste bin, rewashed all the utensils - and after 24hours the house still STINKS OF FISH! So we have now officially declared that as from today, this house will be a strictly enforced HADDOCK FREE ZONE.