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 Slept badly and awake at 5.30. Liz was due at Guys at 8 for a long session with Rituximab and she got home around 5.30 so a long day. Blackfriars, St Martin's, Dr Abdi rang, Come dine with me. MArk came to fix oven element had broken £85. I was surprised to see I had omitted Chichester and Petworth last Feb from Christmas letter.  Laudato Si institute in Oxford 2 day session on the politics of land in Asia. I was disappointed that a Muslim academic was given so much time and my question about Hindu beliefs about the land was changed. The animators are very happy - 420 signed up 100 as a result of the Tablet item. We still need more breakout room facilitators. Talk on Arts and Crafts churches was very interesting. Watched garden programme. St Paul's is half done! 

Friday saw the second session at Oxford which was much better. At second session of Laudato Si' institute of Oxford online conference on the politics of land in South Asia. Pretty shocking figures and interesting that some teenagers have intervened in village meetings to try to stop the sale of ancestral land. I slept through as Liz went to Guy's for 9. She was back by 1.30. Lovely Morning song from SMITF including Rachmaninov and Rheinberger motets. Blackfriars. Revd Stephen Shipley on Choral evensong on radio 3 RSCM talk. Martin Baker chose a Bach programme at Gonville and Caius which was well played but frankly uninspiring. NT at home Angels in America 2 parts stunning acting and so prophetic of our times. 

Sat more Angels in America. Burnt palm cross to make ash. St John's. Beautiful Nazareth community walk on Hampstead Heath. Blackfriars. Chat to Henry. Tim Harper and Simon Lindley playing at URC York included FJ, Peeters and Grieg. Cardinal celebrated Mass for the sick with Fr Andrew singing. Zoom for Lourdes folk. Exercises. Excellent beginner's guide to the night sky. Part of Manon from Hamburg -modern socially distanced version. 

Sunday woke late up at 10. Caterham and Blackfriars. Gemma delivered a delicious roast dinner and crumble so we opened red wine and enjoyed it. An interesting RCM Crees lecture on film music by Debbie Wiseman. Compline from Gonville and Caius. Pottery throw down and Antiques roadshow. Scam at door pretending to live across road. Battle to get photo onto blue badge application. Jessye Norman as Cassandra stunning. Domingo as Aeneas.