Out of the blue, old friends from America emailed to arrange meeting, as they do whenever they come to the UK which is pretty often. Last time they took me to the National Gallery for lunch and then whisked me off to the Savoy (where they were staying) for tea, although truth to tell we […]

More than a year ago when daughter No 2 left her job in charge of land mine clearing in Vietnam (with UK based NGO MAG -Mines Advisory Group).  I promised I’d make a cushion for her to give to her right hand woman in Vietnam. This present became especially important after the latter had arranged framing […]