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“Fire and Fury” comes to London. Note the hamburger debris amongst the controversial book by author Michael Wolff, subtitled “Inside the Trump White House”. I’m not sure why the Siamese cat is in the display as the Trump Presidency has famously eschewed having a Presidential pet but there were some unofficial t-shirts during the campaign with the slogan “My Siamese cat supports Donald Trump”.
Window display in Piccadilly by Waterstones, in the reflections-free display windows, now listed, that were the showcase for the DAKS brand of the Simpsons outfitters. The window glass is very concave to the outside, presenting the merchandise much more clearly due to the absence of reflections.
Twelfth Night, the night before Epiphany, the day the Three Kings finished their journey following the star. The Christmas decorations are still in place and the crowds are much less than in the December frenzy. London’s West End is focussed on the January sales, rather less enthusiastically now we also have Cyber Friday. Many a Christmas trees has lost its tinsel and lights and is waiting ignominiously for the recycling lorry.
Christmas cake made for us by Terry. Starting five weeks before Christmas, he’s built it up from basic ingredients, baking the cake, feeding it brandy, covering it with home-made marzipan and then royal icing. Now it’s with our tree and ready for Christmas Eve, this afternoon. Merry Christmas everyone.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2018
Mother Time-Keeper, the Grim Reaper and the dawn Cockerel, along with numerous smaller paper lanterns signifying time and various other pagan symbols, some possibly commemorating individuals who have died recently, parade through the lanes of Brighton celebrating the end of the old astronomical year (the grim reaper) and the dawn of the new (the cockerel), on their way to being burnt in a communal bonfire on the beach.
Read more: Brighton: Burning the Clocks - Winter Solstice 2017
