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9.20 am: On to the School for the new academic year’s first Open Day: There was a healthy number in attendance, throughout a glorious day – perhaps one of the…

Wednesday, September 11, 2019: My first CAT scan, at Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth. (I received an appointment in less than a week of seeing my GP. Impressed!) And what a solid…

Saturday, September 7, 2019: 7.30 am:  Off to London (again) for a final fling before the new academic year begins. It’s helps to be nourished, before the ship sets sail,…

‘You may begin!’: 9.00 am: At the School, I rolled up my sleeves (metaphorically speaking) and helped the last few students hang their MA show: The Private View will be…

Tuesday–Wednesday, September 3–4: I drifted in and out of the department, periodically, to oversee my tutees as they made professional decisions regarding the finalisation of their exhibition. Getting things absolutely…

Saturday, August 31, 2019: A family day-out to Harlech Castle (which I’d often passed below, on the train, but never visited). The ruin passed all expectations. And the views from…

7.30 am: I took the train for London for a brief visit to see my elder son. He’d invited me to a jazz Proms concert. News of the sudden and…

Tuesday, August 27, 2019: A day, largely, of MA fine art tutorials with students who’ll be undertaking their second and final exhibition next month. Many have been working on this…

Saturday, August 24, 2019: Work, this day, comprised on-line tutorials on the topic of identifying students who could, potentially, be radicalised. Now Higher Education staff are on the front-line of…

I came across this etching recently at the exhibition Rembrandt in Print, held at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. Rembrandt reworked the plate for Segers’ ‘Tobias and the Angel‘ (c.…