It has lost some of its colour...

...since I blipped it two years ago - but a rose is still a rose even when it's old and crinkly...

I refer you to Irwell River's blip for a more knowledgeable commentary than I could make about the various events of the last week - and IMHO the Met were way off the mark last night.

CORONA CLASSICS - A Colour Symphony - Arthur Bliss  from Dolly today, and from me Frederick Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring