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I have been PodCast – by the Reinvention Diva!
12.11.11 Wow – quite an experience last month being interviewed by Sharon Simpson – the self -styled Re-Invention Diva. Sharon asked me some extremely pertinent questions about my experience of redundancy and the subsequent creation of Beyond the Yalla Dog and she has published my musings in her fabulous on-line magazine:- www.thereinventiondiva.com Sharon herself [...]
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Painting
Money and Beauty – usury, hypocrisy and Savonarola put to the flames!»23.1.12 Money and beauty- Bankers, Botticelli and the Bonfire of the Vanities 17 September 2011-22 January 2012 Palazzo Strozzi Florence Hailed as one of the most exciting exhibitions in Florence last year – and as much a “must see” for 2011 as their Bronzino exhibition was in 2010 the Money and Beauty exhibition at the [...]
Wine tasting
3rd Day of Cooking Classes and Lisa is still smiling»5.12.11 Very organised this morning – everything off pat now foodwise but somehow the recipes have got scattered and more need printing – otherwise everything set up and ready before the guests arrive at midday. After another full day teaching – Poor Lisa had to get up early to get to Gatwick airport by 7.45 [...]
Music
Festa Barocca Firenze – A feast of Vivaldi at the Palazzo Vecchio»7.10.11 New Discoveries – forgotten music written by Antonio Vivaldi – played live in the Hall of the 5oo. At the end of a delightfully exuberant evening of glorious Vivaldi - Federico Maria Sardelli and his team from Modo Antiquo (above) take their bow in the extraordinary salon of the 500 in the Palazzo Vecchio. On Friday [...]
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