Sculptors and Actors

I attended the Art London Fair at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on Friday. Lots of fun - I particularly liked an artist called David Gerstein, an Israeli who's come up with a lovely idea for a sculpture, two of which I intend to put on the wall of my gym (image of Long Distance Runners courtesy of The Catto Gallery).

I also picked up a good bargain from Frost and Reed - their very shrewd director, Giles Baker Smith , saw me coming at 100 paces and skillfully guided me towards the piece knowing he'd got a sucker - such men should be shot. I also liked Michael Speller's sculpture, Secure, (pictured) which I'm thinking of putting in the garden. It was good to see the show so well attended.
In the evening, Mary and I went to the Cambridge Arts Theatre to see the student production of Cymbeline performed by the Marlowe Society, and directed by Trevor Nunn, and remembering that I'd seen Patrick Stewart's Macbeth only a few days before, Mary and I agreed that if it wasn't much good, we'd leave quietly at the interval. It was outstanding, and I suspect several of the undergraduates will be heard of again in the future. Indeed, there was a picture in the programme of Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi from their Cambridge days, and I wondered if I would live long enough to see one of the cast honoured in the same way. I thought about naming one or two of them, but I am bound to say it's a play of many parts, and I didn't spot a weak one among them.