Setting up 18 studios, Long Eaton, Nottingham

It was the second anniversary of mum’s death yesterday and I still feel like I could pop round for a cup of Yorkshire tea and a bakewell tart. Even though I read the words on her grave stone and took her favourite spring flowers. I still feel that she will be at home ready for a ‘brew’. I received the ‘unfortunately’ email from the British Council yesterday. Lots of competition etc. More worrying is the scheme has been suspended from1 April 2011-31 March 2012). Apparently, they are currently in discussion with Arts Council England for an expanded scheme jointly managed by both organisations. Alison and I will still be going though. We are drawing in the window of Art on Armitage for the first week and then installing David’s and sooky’s photographs for the second. We are trying to sort out visits to the various colleges too The power jack to my computer is broken and currently being repaired. It means certain tasks have to wait as I haven’t backed up since Christmas