I visited a quite exceptional exhibition at the Tate under the title, Modern Painters: The Camden Town Group. This is a group of painters led by Walter Sickert and Spencer Gore, that were founded in London in 1911. They were admirers of, and influenced by, Cezanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin. It's always thrilling to find an outstanding painter you've never heard of, and in this case it was Charles Ginner. This show is a must for art lovers - full of surprises and one of the best exhibitions in town.
In the evening I went to the National Theatre for the opening night of Never So Good starring Jeremy Irons. This is a new play written by Howard Brenton, looking at the life of the former Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, from his days at Eton, through Oxford, the two World Wars, the Suez crisis when he took over from Anthony Eden, right through to his resignation soon after the problems of Profumo. I thought it was well written, although the author missed a trick at the end of the play by not showing us just how skillful Macmillan was in everything he did, because his final act was to stop Rab Butler becoming PM while making sure that Alec Douglas-Home got the job. But put that aside. If you're a political anorak, or more important, you lived through that era, this is an evening you'll enjoy. It will come as no surprise that Irons gave a first class performance, but backed up by a very good young Macmillan (Pip Carter), Churchill (Ian McNeice), Eden (Anthony Calf) and Lady Dorothy (Anna Chancellor).
In the evening I went to the National Theatre for the opening night of Never So Good starring Jeremy Irons. This is a new play written by Howard Brenton, looking at the life of the former Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, from his days at Eton, through Oxford, the two World Wars, the Suez crisis when he took over from Anthony Eden, right through to his resignation soon after the problems of Profumo. I thought it was well written, although the author missed a trick at the end of the play by not showing us just how skillful Macmillan was in everything he did, because his final act was to stop Rab Butler becoming PM while making sure that Alec Douglas-Home got the job. But put that aside. If you're a political anorak, or more important, you lived through that era, this is an evening you'll enjoy. It will come as no surprise that Irons gave a first class performance, but backed up by a very good young Macmillan (Pip Carter), Churchill (Ian McNeice), Eden (Anthony Calf) and Lady Dorothy (Anna Chancellor).
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When's the Shepherd's pie and Krug do ?
Now you are gathering airmiles faster than Tony Bliar I worry ..
Room for a hamster under the table ?
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