Category Archives: VIVIENNE’S BLOG

Monday, 14 May: I usually wake up between 6.30 and 7.00 and just lie in bed thinking for at least an hour or sometimes I read (advantage of working for yourself: time is flexible). If I got up earlier I … Continue reading →

Long weekend, Saturday 5, May – Monday, 7 May: Spent all three days reading. Newspapers: I don’t usually read them except when I travel – and I don’t travel much. Then I read them from cover to cover. I prefer … Continue reading →

I just don’t have time to answer all your letters except every now and again, but I do read them. In lieu of this, I have decided the best thing to do is to write a quick diary each day. … Continue reading →

What we’re talking about regarding climate change refugees is total chaos, where natural disasters are more intense and more often. The world is giving us this warning of more horror to come. Tweet

 Shell has been extracting oil in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria for over 50 years. They are the major operator there and have made billions and billions of dollars out of the country. And what have the people of … Continue reading →

As a postscript to ‘Painted Ladies’, and its theme of the connection between paintings and fashion, I took  in our recent ‘Gold Label’ collection the 17th century fashion for having your portrait painted as if you had just got out … Continue reading →

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I was invited to the University of Cambridge to take part in an evening organised by the Cambridge Dialectic Society. The discussion was concerned with ‘The Role of the Art Lover in addressing issues of the 21st Century’ and I … Continue reading →

The weekend before Easter, Andreas and I went to Madrid for three days and, apart from one morning when we visited the superb Thyssen Collection, we spent each day in the Prado – we had promised ourselves for so long … Continue reading →

To finish the series, here is the last part. I hope you enjoy it! (Works now) Tweet