“In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.” 
― Ernst Fischer


Today is Teachers' Day in Turkey, and as it is also Thanksgiving on Thursday, school closes tomorrow lunchtime for the rest of the week and I am popping home to Essex for a few days.  Excited.