pumpkinstrokemarrow

A slight offering of my own to celebrate the recent election of 'The Dame Emin' to the headmistressship of the drawing arts at the Royal Academy of the Performing Arts. Long may she reign! See, especially, May 12th 2010.

I might say that biros have got much better over the years. This offering was done with a see through, government issue biro from somewhere in the Home Office which was not bad at all. Very little tendency to splodge or smudge, unlike some earlier models. Only weakness being that it is not very strong on solid.

And talking of the performing arts, we were pleased to learn yesterday that the couple of gents from Zimbabwe whom we saw knocking out 'Hamlet' at the Oval (see 26th November 2010) have now been booked to do 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' at no less a venue than the Globe. Where, as it happens, I vaguely recall seeing this very same play not very long after the place got under way. We are clearly prescient and we will see if we can get FIL to knock out 'Jingle Bells' on the thumb drum (hanging in his fireplace) to celebrate this event.