The organist librarian

To Westminster cathedral hall for Faith Matters lecture - once again the woman on the door was rude and unpleasant asking people to fill in the envelopes at the other table. Dr Anna Rowlands was brilliant on Catholic social policy and she answered my question about the Body of Christ really well alluding to Aquinas. Not such a good audience. She is director of the Mary Beaufort institute at Cambridge. Several people there I knew including Hai and David. To Acton and watched Gypsy weddings. Ciarán really enjoyed Amandas and Starbucks play area and again more kids came to play. Lunch at Giraffe and got student discount. Taxi to 99 Oxford Gardens and Louise showed us the transformation which is stunning. I had to leave to go to Hinsley Room. Alfred Agius came and there were 11 there and an excellent discussion. To 61 Whitehall for religion and society event on social welfare. Excellent presentations especially Archbishop Peter Smith and David Blunkett. Saw Philip Glanfield a...

Tuesday to Acton by 6 p.m. so Lou and Tom could go out. Ciarán enjoyed his bedtime stories. We took him to Amandas at Chiswick town hall and he seemed more settled. To Starbucks for a free latte and within seconds it was Grandad make me a bridge! 2 other kids joined in! Lunch at Sainsburys and to Ravensbourne Park by which time he fell asleep in my arms! So we went home as all the benches had been painted! A lovely day. Excellent evensong from Guildford and had a sleep while they went to the park. To Covent Garden and good seats in amphitheatre (£30). Wonderful singing and orchestral playing - what a score from Dvorak! Horrid set and production! What has a brothel to do with forests and nymphs and lakes? Home by midnight. Met Julie and David Smith and the Alberys!

Tuesday listened to evensong from King's and we both went to the lecture on Faith matters in the cathedral hall. 2 outstanding addresses on vocation by a head teacher and Fr Paul who is a Jesuit doctor. Much food for thought. Not as many there as last week. To Acton and saw the end of Gypsy wedding. To Chiswick Town hall with Ciarán who yelled " I want Mummy" all the way to the station in pouring rain! He did enjoy it especially the snakes and cars - Amanda's dancing and singing. To Starbucks Chiswick in the rain for lunch and he played with the toys. Liz took him to mass and I went to the Spirituality centre for Jill Benet's afternoon session on "Seeing God in all things". Then to 61 Whitehall for the Religion and society 3rd in series on radicalisation. 5 excellent speakers and some interesting questions on the research. Watched One born every minute and rest of Gypsy wedding - felt tired. Tits in the nesting box on our silver birch for the first time!