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By: Kate Davies Designs April 20, 2011April 20, 2011

knitting, runningFelicity Ford, John Mills, knitting, London, London Marathon, monument to the women of the second world war, monument to the women of WWII, tea, women's WWII monument, World War II79 Comments

Though I wanted to be there to support Tom, I was really rather dreading the London Marathon. Given that Buchanan Street has been my only post-stroke experience of a busy city crowd, and that being in places in which one is constantly assailed by visual / auditory stimuli is now both difficult and scary for…

Leningrad

By: Kate Davies Designs March 27, 2011April 1, 2011

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On Friday evening, Tom and I went to see Neeme Järvi conducting the RSNO in Shostakovitch’s 7th. I don’t think I have ever seen the Usher Hall so full – there wasn’t a spare seat to be seen – with many emotional Russians among the audience. Personally, I think it is very hard not to…