Fine Lines For A Future Italian Treat?
We had a quiet day today and we'd only ventured out for our usual Saturday afternoon pint until I dragged my brother out, somewhat reluctantly, for a local photographic safari.
It didn't look very promising as the grey weather of yesterday continued unabated so I was searching for an image with plenty of colour. Amongst the myriad building (particularly yet more new housing) that is going on nearby they are redeveloping an industrial state. I saw this large area fenced off with some colourful construction paraphernalia behind it and knew that if I focused on the fine lines of the blue mesh it would throw the background out of focus and produce this abstract like effect (I've just realised there's been quite a few abstract blips from me recently!).
The name of the development is Panattoni Park. So at one point I got quite excited - daydreaming that maybe it was being dedicated to the production of the Italian sweet bread, and fruit cake, originally from Milan and there might be the possibility of some freebie Italian treats for local residents in the near future. Unfortunately, of course that's Panettone and not Panattoni and the much more prosaic answer is that it is one of the largest new industrial and logistics developments servicing London and the continent with a "cross docked facility" of 752,823 square feet - nowhere near as exciting as the possibility of free cake! :-)
I thought I'd also include a couple more TV recommendations, in this instance both musical. The first is Women Who Rock on Sky Arts. This is a fantastic documentary series where female musical artists - including Nancy Wilson, Joan Jet, Ricky Lee Jones, Chaka Khan, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones and Pat Benatar - discuss artistic expression, defiance, hard-won success and the insights and stories behind their music.
The second is The Piano on Channel 4 - a search for the UK's best amateur pianists as they play public pianos at railway stations across the country with the winner from each episode getting to perform at The Royal Festival Hall. One episode had a truly extraordinary performer who almost had me in tears.
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