Author Archives: Miles

The day after I returned from Naples, I went with Jill to the Frank Auerbach show at the Courtauld. I wish I liked his work more and I do get some pleasure from his paintings but how he can spend … Continue reading →

I think it would be best to visit Herculaneum before going to Pompeii, otherwise it is a bit of a let-down. Only a tiny part of the city has been excavated because the modern town sits right on top of … Continue reading →

We naturally wanted to see the erotic images taken from Pompeii that had been locked away in the Secret Cabinet until 2000 and finally moved to their present location in a suite of rooms in the National Archaeological Museum in … Continue reading →

Ever since I was a child, I wanted to see Pompeii. I grew up in Cirencester, the Roman city of Corinium, which back then had a population of between 10-20,000 people, the same estimated population as Pompeii. In Cirencester the … Continue reading →

February opened with another Pro-Palestinian march. They start at Portland Place, outside BBC Broadcasting House, just a couple of streets from my flat. It’s always interesting to see the marchers arriving and to judge how big the march will be … Continue reading →

I was sad to see that John Pilger died on December 30. I only met him a few times, but I admired him greatly. I remember being at the bar in Dingwalls Dance Hall in Camden Lock sometime in the … Continue reading →

I was able to fit in one more trip before Christmas and went to see how my friend Maribel was getting on with her new house in Algeciras, in Andalucía where she comes from. It needs quite a bit of … Continue reading →

28th October was my son Theo’s birthday and I made him a dinner of all the things he loves: a tricolori salad, foie gras (duck have no gag reflex as their necks are designed to swallow large spiky fish so … Continue reading →

This year I have been very fortunate in being able to travel a great deal. The year began in Kerry, where my son Theo and I spent Christmas with Ed Maggs and Fran Edwards, having gone there via a night … Continue reading →

I meant to include one of my favourite photographs of KenWeaver in the last instalment of this blog but I forgot. Here itis now. Jimi Hendrix filming Ken and fellow Texas JanisJoplin, backstage Winterland, San Francisco 1968. I had only … Continue reading →