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Mid July 2010 blog
Ok, I’m just doing this quick update so that you can get used to calling me Dr Eclair, yes it’s official, I got my doctorate from Middlesex last week. The hottest day of the year and I spent it in a tent wearing half a ton of robes and a big grey felt hat. I thought I would be wearing a mortar board, but no I got the mushroom affair and thus I sweating like a fat girl who’s just been caught shop lifting - this happened to me once, so I know what I’m talking about.
Actually it was a really nice do and the old man and I were treated terribly well and I even managed to get a few laughs from the graduating students during my speech - which was a relief. Imagine being heckled off stage when you’re getting a doctorate.
Anyway I have been showing off about it ever since, last night I did Just a Minute for Radio 4 and in the preamble I just so happened to mention to Nicholas Parsons that he might like to refer to me as Dr Eclair, only it turns out he’s got two, so unless I was prepared to call him Doctor Doctor Parsons, then he wasn’t going to play ball. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I then proceeded to lose both games.
Anyway here is a photo of me in my Doctors robes - which I had to hand back, shame as it’s the most perfect shoplifting outfit anyone could possibly have designed, there’s even room to put stuff under the hat.
Recently – I have seen:
Rude Britannia at The Tate Britain - more impressive however is Fiona Banner’s installation, Harrier and Jaguar, two decommissioned fighter jets, one suspended, the other crouching and stripped back to its shiniest chrome, this would look fantastic in the garden - if the garden was big enough!
19-07-2010 |
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