Boys and Girls

Today I went to the annual school fete - this was my 12th fete at the same school, so you will understand my very restrained enthusiasm about going to it. Poor Thomas was chomping at the bit, eager to go as soon as it opened but I was finding excuses of things I had to do first...horrible mum!

We did go just after it opened, and it was as blustery as anything, the wind whipping everything about. It seemed a bit quiet (sport on TV?) and the stalls seemed pretty humdrum to me - but to be fair, I think it was a case of twelve-year-itus.

I was not very enthusiastic about my photos either, nothing seemed to inspire me, but I did like this one, with the girls giggling and hair flying while the boys were just...er, sitting and talking, being cool.

Othello at the National Theatre last night was excellent. I honestly did not notice the 3 hours 15 minutes, I was engrossed from the very beginning - and I only had to nudge my husband awake once! Adrian Lester (from Hustle) was a magnificent Moor, Rory Kinnear was an insidious Iago, and Olivia Vinall a disappointing Desdemona. She was a very good actress I just thought she had been mis-cast as I had my own idea about Desdemona.