Wake Me Up When September Ends
I have spent most of today trying to sleep off an illness developed during yesterday's work shift. That has had the positive effect of sleeping through most of Transfer Deadline Day and the nonsense Sky Sports News hyperbole that comes with it. The upshot is that David De Gea will be staying at Manchester United for the next few months and neither they nor Real Madrid come out of the whole sorry saga particularly well.
I did have the opportunity to catch up on Andrew Marr's documentary on Churchill as an artist for BBC4. I was quite pleased that there wasn't a lot in it that I didn't already know, but there were a couple of interesting tidbits. For example, whilst I knew the story of Churchill painting once during the Second World War in Marrakech for President Roosevelt, I was unaware that it is now owned by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It was also interesting to hear from Edmund Murray's son discussing his father's role as bodyguard and fellow amateur artist, in particular his belief that he had Churchill's last work in his possession.
All things considered, it was a thoughtful and enlightening hour with Marr sharing his own experiences as an artist who wished to learn from the gifted professionals around him and the importance of painting to alleviate a life full of stresses and strains. I concurred with his closing remarks that the financial value of Churchill's paintings and how they are critically received are not as important as what the work tells us about this extraordinary man and his attitude to life.
I did have the opportunity to catch up on Andrew Marr's documentary on Churchill as an artist for BBC4. I was quite pleased that there wasn't a lot in it that I didn't already know, but there were a couple of interesting tidbits. For example, whilst I knew the story of Churchill painting once during the Second World War in Marrakech for President Roosevelt, I was unaware that it is now owned by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It was also interesting to hear from Edmund Murray's son discussing his father's role as bodyguard and fellow amateur artist, in particular his belief that he had Churchill's last work in his possession.
All things considered, it was a thoughtful and enlightening hour with Marr sharing his own experiences as an artist who wished to learn from the gifted professionals around him and the importance of painting to alleviate a life full of stresses and strains. I concurred with his closing remarks that the financial value of Churchill's paintings and how they are critically received are not as important as what the work tells us about this extraordinary man and his attitude to life.
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