Very late arrival into London due to plane delay…and my very patient friend, Diana, stayed up to offer me a much needed night cap and having not seen each other for a few years, we talked into the wee hours!

Saturday was a leisurely day of shopping and Diana had booked theatre tickets to see “A View from Islington North”, a political satire. We caught the bus to the Westend in the evening and saw a late reaction from people to the news that the UK had voted to exit the EU!!

We had a pizza dinner before the show and made our way to Theatre Arts. Out of Joint theatre company’s evening of political satire collected works old and new by some of the UK’s best-known playwrights, taking potshots at several elements of the current political establishment. They made merry with machinations behind the closed doors of the UK’s major political parties. The cult of the free market, was attacked through a visitation from it’s high priestess, Ayn Rand.  The cost of military adventures was highlighted as a soldier’s mother does all she can to avoid hearing the news she dreads (from deputised army representatives). It was funny, angry, and playful. Great to see and the actors did a great job. As TS Eliot once said, “Politics has become too serious a matter to be left to politicians”.

Then a leisurely Sunday lunch at Diana’s – a magnificent feast with lovely company from Helen and Ashley, Derek and Jan.  And fabulous weather so we could enjoy Diana’s glorious garden.