Chartwell

Back to work today after a short break. The main piece of news to report this week concerns the fact that 37 of Sir Winston Churchill's paintings have been donated to the nation in lieu of inheritance tax. A number of my colleagues have been working very hard behind the scenes to make this happen, so well done to them. What this means in practical terms is that we will retain our current collection to display to the public and I will continue to have items of interest to gesticulate towards. I believe I'm right in saying we're going to have one more painting added to our current crop.

Mother's Day had brought people out in spite of the poor weather, with just under a thousand coming through the gates. They were largely a well spirited lot, although we had an additional visitor in the form of Frankie the cat. Frankie is owned by my line manager and had snuck into the studio through the back door and positioned himself on a couple of large photo albums owned by Sir Winston. After a few attempts to get him to come down, he was removed and put outside. But not before several visitors attempted to pet him. Not content with owning the internet, cats seemingly have the run of Chartwell too*.

Anyway, a new week then. I predict a lot of accountancy revision and a lot of House of Cards viewing.

* Jock The Cat subsequently became a sizable part of the property's merchandising strategy.