An enjoyably quiet week has been pleasantly productive. Sometimes when I have several projects on the go I’m reduced to vacillating indecision, moving pickily from one thing to another, and achieving little. This week, overcome by a sudden desire to do a little embroidery around the letter ‘j’ and with the time to indulge in […]

According to news reports for last weekend, people had abandoned London’s West End in droves and were spending their money online. This certainly wasn’t our experience when we ventured into central London. Pavements  from Picadilly Circus, along Regent Street to Oxford Circus and spreading down both sides of Oxford Street were heaving and the few […]