It used to be said that a night out with John 404 Not Found Bellany would take three years off your life. I’ll find out one day. We were both great friends of

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Cyril Reason, who was one of our tutors at the RCA, and although Cyril was less extreme

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nginx/1.17.10 than Bellany he was a thirsty man. I’ll never forget […]

I heard on the wireless that Cornelia Fluff has just been appointed ‘Official Sculptor’ for the General Election. What can this mean? She’s obviously a bit of a Leftie so maybe she could run up a big bronze statue of Compo on his bicycle for Islington Green. Mr Serota has left the Billabong and

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moved uptown to a

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nginx/1.17.10 new job […]

Mr Wu was on the wireless last night. A very long programme on the World Service, but still I learned very little about him. He speaks as one heavily sedated. Talk about insclutable.

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nginx/1.17.10 He dwells in a large bunker under Berlin with 6,000 three-legged stools and some lifejackets. There

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was no mention of the poison beans, maybe he’s sold them […]

There’s a room in my flat that I rather grandly refer to as ‘The Library’. About 20 years ago I had it fitted out with shelves up to the ceiling with nicely boxed-in corners. It’s painted deep red. For a few years it looked splendid, then it gradually started filling up with junk. Now it’s waist-deep in

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nginx/1.17.10 motorcycle

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parts, leather […]