September 2025 – A Few Quirkes

Bamburgh

A walk towards the castle for someone to see Uhtred.

Northumberland Coastal Path

A bit late in the day- this is day 4.

But here goes….

And the start:

Arras

A long drive but we have arrived and to the main square after eating.

Joe and I were trying to go to the Tate yesterday but got caught up in travel cancellations because of the far right march through central London. I should have paid more attention to the news and avoided the area.

As we walked past the walkers trying to find a way, their appearance was what you would have expected.

Clearly white and mostly male. A mixture of of ages but more 40 and 50s. Lots of England football shirts and tins of beer or pints. Lots of union jacks and St George flags to reclaim.

A large crowd which in itself is worrying. A bad day.

Tour of Lords

A tour of the headquarters of cricket. So a chance to go in the pavilion, see the changing rooms and admire the collection of players’ pictures. Also to see the successful Kiwis.

More Tate

Another trip but this time to Tate Modern along with Joe. An option to use the membership again!

Some aboriginal art- some with a more modern presentation

Plus some good photos from a Czech including from the Soviet invasion of Prague.

The one on the right is the same event I believe from which there is an iconic picture of a woman Pitt a flower in the barrel of a tank. Plus echoes of Tiananmen Square image.

Plus some other notables:

Tate Britain

As a result of this visit we are members again.

A recommendation from EQ to see Edward Burra:

I enjoyed most of his work. Early stuff less stimulating and later UK scenery less appealing. Interesting images of Franc and USA in the 1920 and 30s.

The violence of war in Spain then WW2 are hard to view.