Monday morning, in early, eager to paint and prepare my space ready for the installation of my work for the degree show. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan. The paint ran out early on in the morning and I am ashamed to say that I had an emotional outburst with the frustration of it all. In my defence, I could say that the accumulated tiredness and emotion of the past few weeks played their part, which is true, but even so I felt rather uncomfortable about my behaviour and was compelled to make profuse apologies the following day. More paint arrived later in the day and work on the studio spaces continued without further incident.
I have been watching a programme on the television about the detectives who were investigating allegations of historical sexual child abuse against Ray Teret, D.J. and friend of the late Jimmy Saville. There has been an explosion in sexual abuse reporting over the last two years and this led to the formation of the Serious Sexual Abuse Offences Unit. Serious sex crimes carry the highest sentences and the lowest conviction rate. The detectives featured in the series are part of their specially trained team. the programmes charted the progress of the interrogations of Ray Teret. After a trial that lasted eight weeks, Teret was convicted of his crimes and sentenced to a twenty-five year prison term.
The only positive aspect of this is that more people are coming forward to report abuses against them, something that I was unable to do and that some at least of the perpetrators are being called to account for their crimes.
