"A life of complete self-indulgence, if led with the whole heart, may also bring wisdom."

It's January...

Not that I am a subscriber, but this was the first time in a long time that the Christmas edition of the London Review Of Books didn't feature extracts from Alan Bennett's diaries. So I read his remembrance of Peter Cook instead.

Stuff I have watched re-watched and enjoyed/appreciated:

Ghosts Christmas special;

Barbie;

Groundhog Day;

The Reckoning;

Traitors - Season 2 (I missed it first time round); 

The Walking Dead;

Mr. Bates vs The Post Office;

This Book Of The Week on Radio 4;

A 3-day trip to Arran;

These:

I'm reading this (one story every night):

And *still* I wonder if anyone out there knows how to get a hold of the BBC Series from 1981?

Also reading this:

I was glad to compose the music for this new Channel 4 series.

Here come some artistic efforts. Try and spot - among others - the sculptor of The Statue Of Liberty...Riz Ortolani...Ian McHarg...Hannah Waddingham...Saul Bass...Elaine Lustig Cohen...Henri Dutilleux....blah,  blah, etc...

Tinkety-tonk! x