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Italian Statues

Henry sat under the stone buttocks of the young man.

“There is an irony, I admit, in that I was running away from history - in search of history.”

Serious and a little stout, legs crossed, hands compressed as he sat in the garden chair.  Waistcoat ochre.  The lady, listening attentively, smiling politely......

Hard News: MORRISSEY

Pop idol Morrissey died last night after being electrocuted on the set of Top of the Pops.  Millions watching at home saw the former lead singer of cult band The Smiths collapse when a 500 volt current passed through the microphone he was holding as he performed live on the show.

Arbuthnot’s early work

The sun on their helms. A tantalising example of Arbuthnot’s early work. Long thought lost. Knights. The clatter of horses’ hooves under the postern gate. Lovingly filmed in black and white. Found on a shelf in Australia. This was seven years before his great novel. Nothing remains in his papers. The BBC have a copy of the contract. The lead actor was paid 200 guineas. Another age.

The Plain of Jars

The houses in Jericho look like houses in a Giles cartoon, albeit inhabited by middle class characters drawn by Mark Boxer.

In prime position on the corner of Walton Street and Walton Crescent, facing Little Clarendon Street, stands the glass fronted Oxford Ceramics Gallery, wares in the window.