Favourite Words – Sacred
It can have very negative connotations of something restricted, forbidden or beyond censure. But it gives me a warm sense of childhood awe and the amber light of candles and simple prayers.
Nureyev, Fontaine and Falling in Love
In 1961, Rudolf Nureyev defected/leaped to the West, and on 21 February 1962 he and Fonteyn first appeared on stage together in a performance of Giselle. It was a great success; during the curtain calls Nureyev dropped to his knees and kissed Fonteyn’s hand, cementing an on-and-offstage partnership which lasted until her 1979 retirement.
Dark heroes and old shades
Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, known by friends and enemies alike as Satanas – the devil. He is glamorous, jaded and fascinating. No other character in fiction weaves quite the same spell!
Beautiful Places – Lincoln’s Inn, London
Lincoln’s Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar.
Beautiful Places – the Blue Pool, Llangollen
If you drive up the Horseshoe Pass just outside Llangollen in North Wales and know where to turn off you will find the Blue Pool.
Beautiful Symbols – the Coventry Crosses
The wooden cross and the cross of nails were created after the cathedral was bombed during the Coventry Blitz of World War II.
Beautiful Places – Whittington and its Castle
An extract from the National Gazetteer 1868 –
“WHITTINGTON, a parish in the upper division of Oswestry hundred, county Salop, 2½ miles N.E. of Oswes
Beautiful Creatures – Flying Fish
In order to glide out of the water, a flying fish (Latin name “exocoetus”) swishes its tail to up to 50-70 times per second,which “vibrates” to produce enough speed to burst through the surface.
Beautiful Crystals – the Mermaid’s Aquamarine
Aquamarine, the gem of the sea, is named with the Greek word for sea water. Aqua sparkles like the sea and its color is pale to medium blue, sometimes with a slight hint of green.
Beautiful Paintings – The Divine Old Testament Trilogy
The Old Testament Trinity subject is best known from this famous icon painted by St Andrey Rublev
The Writing Wolf 