The organist librarian

Loved Cendrillon by Massenet from the Met with a fine cast Joyce DiDonato, Alice Coote and Sarah Kim absolute delight. Good meal at Johnnies Dulwich. A busy morning showing Emma how to catalogue. She is a natural. I am to attend a staff meeting. I chucked out more baby books and old stock so the piles are going down!To Quiet day at Hinsley room with Jill Benet on Emmaus.Popped into the National Gallery to see Still Life curated by Tacita Dean. She chose some interesting paintings but her own videos were unimpressive. I liked Sickert's Hare. What do we make of Tacita Dean? I am not going to pay to see her Portraits at NPG.  Train to Sevenoaks for meeting with Sussex Catenians! Learnt a lot at the meeting especially about central council. Lovely pub The White Hart. Home by 10,30.

To New Scotland yard for a communities police meeting - met a nice imam and an interesting discussion. Quite daunting to go through security and find the metal end of my pencil and belt buckle set it off! To the Tate gallery - loved the Modern painters Camden Town group exhibition and the beautifully lit neo-classical sculptures including a stunning Flaxman Adoration of the magi relief. Did not like Peter Doig or the 5 women artists. The rehang of the modern galleries is good but the drawings exhibition is poorly labelled. Why put all the labels at one end of the wall? Fascinated by a film by Breda Beban of a man dancing with a gypsy girl and how changing the music and the slow motion of the film made it immediately seductive. On way out answered a Mori poll for Wayne and pronounced being a member of the Tate very good. interesting that I did not spot that The Independent had sponsored the Peter Doig! The last of Understanding Islam and 30 there - felt quite sad but Chris was hilarious...