Maxx in town

Maxx in town This week saw my mother Bel Macdonald (aka Maxx from her signature) in town for a visit. We heard author, journalist and former MP Matthew Parris talk about a castle in Spain, sat through the West End hit Ducktastic!, the worst thing I’ve seen sitting down, watched part of a trial at the Central Criminal Courts, viewed the Schweppes Portrait Photography winners at the National Portrait Gallery, and stayed on to watch the Lord Mayor’s Show and visit Dr Johnson’s house in Gough Square. Then clippety clop back to Birmingham and a Sunday drive around the Peak District National Park. Whew, that’s enough till Christmas.