Recent events in my flat – a leak from the flat above me – means I’ve had to relocate some of my belongings. Eight framed photos from an exhibition about my meeting the late Punch and Judy Professor Leslie Press were collected this week by Professor James, Secretary of the Punch & Judy Fellowship, and will appear in another exhibition in Norwich in October. I very much enjoyed meeting and chatting with this younger Professor. The very tall Professor James, who has a tattoo of Mr Punch on his upper leg, is currently taking part in the Arcola Theatre‘s Mr Punch at the Opera
Ha! the best workshop events have a life of their own … who knew when I introduced my tetrapods to Fitzrovia last sunday, I’d meet another one quoting Latin (it means now and for ever), encounter members of Save the Bees doing a waggle dance, meet a small lion, a sound recordist called Moon who uses a mic disguised as a flower, or have my portrait drawn? Fun and delight at the 
A variety of very chic newspaper hats made by 
Recently there was a flood from the upstairs flat’s washing machine – the owner, looking for a lost cufflink apparently, opened the bottom of the machine which promptly filled my ceiling with water before pouring through a crack in it. This meant a rescue operation. Sadly some artwork, papers and books was lost for ever. There are still trips to the local charity shop etc to make some space while the room dries out, but I did rediscover some pictures I’d forgotten about …
These include a pirate flag (for
On 3rd August I headed to Herne Bay’s 
It’s great when the room goes quiet when there’s a full studio of participants and everyone’s busy thinking and drawing their fantastic ideas. With many thanks to 
The evening before, whilst rummaging through a cupboard for something else entirely, I came across a cardboard file of notes about a trip to Iceland I’d made in 2000, a newspaper commission to investigate 
Leslie’s Punch family were carved by 
