This week I wrote two posts for agoodplaceforacupofteaandathink. Two!
One on the Daisy cafe in Hoxton and one about the Regent in Weston-super-Mare.
Last weekend we went to the Cromford Steam Rally. Not lots of steam but lots of goodness. This, magnificent Land Rover:
This lovely old Anglia. My Mum and Dad had one of these. They'd drive from Derby to Cornwall every summer with us three kids in the back. Blimey.
There was some steam though, look at this gorgeous thing:
Then, yesterday, I went to see Dulwich Hamlet play. I really enjoy a non-league trip. I seem to remember going to see them with Ben, years ago, at their actual ground, for Non-League Day. A good crowd. Magnificent atmosphere. They lost to the Beach Boys though (Concord Rangers from Canvey Island).
And this morning I went to see Coda, a documentary about Ryuichi Sakamoto. I really enjoyed it. It was very focused on him as an musician, you didn't find out much about his 'life', despite the filming covering a period where he was dealing with cancer. I liked that. It took him seriously as an artist. Didn't dial up the melodrama too much and showed quite a lot of his 'process'. He came across as a decent man. Likeable. And one of the the best-dressed people in the world. It all accords with the mood of this piece.