WINTER EPIPHANIES

Yes, said Stephen. I will pass it time after time, allude to it, refer to it, catch a glimpse of it. It is only an item in the catalogue of Dublin's street furniture. Then all at once I see it and I know at once what it is: epiphany.

James Joyce, Stephen Hero 

Merry Christmas!

DECEMBER SONNETS

Two sonnets in tribute to a little corner of NW6, past and present, and to one of West Hampstead’s most distinguished residents who died last month, the Nobel laureate Doris Lessing.

NELSON MANDELA 1918-2013

This is a picture I took just off Piccadilly in the heart of Mayfair in July 2012.

Photo by EP

A new film blog will be posted very soon, partly in memory of another Nobel laureate. Stay tuned!