Month: July 2026
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David Hockney and George Lawson
David Hockney needs no introduction. I have always loved his work and had the pleasure of meeting him briefly a couple of times. When my brother was at an exhibition at the Tate Gallery Hockney suggested they go outside together and have a cigarette on the steps. A coachload of Japanese tourists pulled up and…
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An Otter
The illustration above is from: Thorburn (Archibald). British Mammals. Two volumes. Longmans, Green & Co., 1920-1921. Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story Channel 4 summarises this programme: “Poignantly uplifting documentary about Billy Mail, who moved to Shetland with his wife for a better life only to find melancholic isolation. Then an otter pup comes…