The organist librarian

Woke late. I really enjoyed meeting art students from the Brit school at art at AgeUK Thornton Heath this morning and looking forward to clothed life drawing in July! I drew 6 small paintings on the theme of harmony and in the afternoon painted them.   Francesco da Mosto's TV series on Venice excellent but sad too. Are tourists destroying the city we love?  Deeply shocked by the death of Jo Cox MP. Terrible, Up early to  Explore session on marriage at Beacon school, Banstead. Regal cars are rubbish - late, went wrong way, etc. The students were year 10 and the quietest so far - maybe too young or too big a group? Not many questions. Liz went shopping and I took stuff to the tip at Lambeth and the pictures to Alan Gadd, Watched Penelope Keith and Silk road, also Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III. Alexander Armstrong on underground Rome excellent. Royal Academy summer exhibition programme.

Swam 26 despite the pool being like Piccadilly Circus! To Lambeth Palace to join the St John's tour of the lovely garden (gorgeous irises) and the house with a good guide finishing in the chapel. Particularly liked the film with Rowan Williams and the portrait of Michael Ramsey.We once saw him at Dirham cathedral.  Lunch at the garden museum cafe which was excellent. Sat in the garden and then to the excellent exhibition in the great hall from the library on the Prayer Book and Royal connections. Amazing to see Richard III's writing and many treasures with an excellent guidebook. Decided not to go to evensong at the Abbey and worked on the essay. Sent off first draft then realised it was only 2000 words instead of 4000! Watched excellent programme on Delius.