George Morley

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George as in The Famous Five. Books, nice dinners, flowers, cats and rage against the state of things. Erstwhile publishing person.

The sky and the sea at Whitstable an hour after sunset
Bedroom fab showing the temperature: 31 degrees.
Enormous scarlet poppies in full bloom
Rose Emily Bronte - pale pink English rose
Poster for All My Sons at Wyndham's Theatre
Sunset in Puerto Escondido, Mexico
A table on a Mexican beach with guacamole, grilled corn and a glass of wine
Our cat Tilly transfixed by a fox in close up on the telly.
NYE supper: prawns with chilli & garlic, fennel & orange salad, aioli
A pile of books. Top to Bottom: Propertius, Tom Paulin's Namanlagh, Big Kiss Bye Bye, Helen Garner diaries, Patti Smith's Bread of Angels, Paul Gillingham's Mexico, Seamus Heaney collected poems
Poster for Funny Girl, no 1 film in 1968
Bay window lit with string lights, and decorated with a gold angel and gold letters spelling NOEL.
Very gilded early Renaissance painting of the martyrdom of St Sebastian - who is hideous - with a pope.
Cannonade of Valmy costumes on display at a French service station.
Bouquet of flowers starring a sunflower
Terence Stamp and Julie Christie in Far from the Madding Crowd
Train information notice saying train delayed by passenger causing disturbance
Whitstable beach
Author Susannah Stapleton reading from her book That Dark Spring
Two very small roasted legs of lamb on top of potatoes & onions.
A photo of a magnolia with a swing garden chair and some tulips in front of it.
A woman in her forties looking at the camera and flicking a v sign at the photographer
Tray table with coffee machine and an orchid
Sunlit deep purple Iris reticular as in a pot
Bette A and Brian ENO on stage at the British Library in front of a projected image of one of her artworks.
Kitchen prep for lasagne. Ragù in casserole & bechamel at back of stove. First layers of lasagne on right. Water bath for the pasta on left. Pasta ready to be bathed on far left.
The Christmas goose ready for carving ...
Fairy lights in the covered walkway between the Cathedral proper and its admin offices and rehearsal rooms.
A sea of Christmas wrapping paper
Chopping and soaking the dried fruit in brandy for Christmas puddings.
Film poster for Heretic showing High Grant.
Roast turkey and table laid for Christmas lunch
Christmas door decoration of golden eucalyptus and giant silver and glass Baubles.
Decorated Christmas tree
Jars of apple and chilli jelly cooling on the kitchen counter
Shop windows featuring dummies dressed as Gomez and Morticia Adams.
Messy bookshelves
Cookbook, quinces, bowl We
Home-grown tomatoes
A photo of the three books mentioned in the post
Whitstable beach with boats
Sun low in the sky on Whitstable's West Beach
Grey, blowy sea at Whitstable
An outdoor cafe table with a menu and a copy of the new Zadie Smith