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We open on the 8th November when we had a William Burroughs evening. Normally these consist of myself, Luzius Martin, and, quite frequently, Udo Breger, both flying in from Basel, and Terry Wilson who lives in Notting Hill. However, this … Continue reading →

Before going to Venice, at the beginning of October, I was invited to observe a group of women throwing 1,000 pullet eggs at a huge canvas, organised by Sarah Lucas at the T. J. Boulting Gallery to create Sarah’s piece … Continue reading →

On our second day in Venice I remembered that Ezra Pound had lived in Dosorodoro and wondered if there was any evidence of his many years in Venice. A little web-research revealed that he lived in Calle Querini, the very … Continue reading →

On the 15th October, Camila and I flew to Venice. She had not previously been there, and I had spent two weeks there in 1968, 56 years before. Though I remembered some things in photographic detail such as the wall … Continue reading →

And so the daily round continues as autumn approaches. I had lunch with my old friend Andrew Sclanders, the Wild Man of Counter-cultural and Beat-Gen bookselling. Here we are checking out Darren Coffield’s New Colony Room, but as no-one appeared … Continue reading →

As this is a what-I-did-on-my-holiday style blog, I’d better show the obligatory seaside pic. This is Catherine and Steve with me at Canet Plage, on the Med down near the Spanish border. It’s a pop-up bar and the last restaurant … Continue reading →

As usual it was great to be back in Paris, albeit only for a short visit. We managed to get out to see Brunhild and Junya in Montreil, where Junya excelled himself as usual with his cooking. For me the … Continue reading →

Despite my resolve to keep this blog up to date I see that two months have gone by without a line. I was busy doing everyday things so at least initially there was nothing to report. Jill and I went … Continue reading →

Life has been little more than a succession of meals ever since I returned from Lisbon on April 5. Maribel came for dinner and two days later I cooked bacalao for Jill. Before that we saw the Angela Kauffman show … Continue reading →

On Saturday Chuck Smith came over to film interviews for his new documentary film on Tuli Kupferberg of The Fugs. Confusingly there is another film being made on The Fugs, with Thurston Moore narrating, which inevitably will overlap with Chuck’s … Continue reading →