Saturday 27th May 2023

It was gone 0900 by the time we got up. Made ourselves a late breakfast, then walked up to the Farmer's Market beneath a cloudless sky. Bought a sourdough from our Italian baker, and had a chat with the Farm Shop owner we'd met yesterday...he's a tall, gangling young man with a faint whiff of public school privilege, but very friendly...his name is Edmund. Walked back down to Sainsburys on Holloway Road and bought some odds and ends. Made salad Nicoise for dinner before wandering up to meet Kevin and Laurence from No.93. I drove us all to the Tower Theatre. Had a quick drink in the bar before going in to see their production of "Richard III", set in Boris Johnson's cabinet...so Richard Duke of Gloucester wore a fluffy blonde wig (more reminiscent of Michael Fabricant than Boris!), and the conniving Duke of Buckingham was dressed in Dominic Cummings' Oxbridge scarf and denims. I had no problem with the concept, but regrettably the delivery of the Shakespeare was on the whole appallingly bad! Only got about half of what came out of Richard's mouth, and Kornelia, playing Queen Margaret (and the director of the production) should really not be allowed near a stage! Fortunately it was heavily cut and we were home by 2200...