Immaculate lady drinking coffee at Finkins

A hot day becoming increasingly humid. After marketing, we had coffee ourselves, at Finkins.

Spent the afternoon preparing a press release and four blip photos for Blipfoto Central who are celebrating blippers with ten years of blipping under their belts. That includes me. I thought I'd started blipping in 2014 but it was actually 7th July 2013.

It seems that the British Library has recommended Blipfoto as one of the top 100 websites for documenting social history.

Late afternoon and after our trout fillets, Len, Basil and I drove to George's in Leicester where Len was to stay for the evening while I went to the Curve Theatre to watch a performance of Matthew Bourne's Romeo + Juliet.

A thought provoking performance set in what appeared to be a mental asylum cum prison. Juliet was repeatedly sexually abused by a prison guard before she met Romeo at a dance organised by the prison chaplain, Rev Bernadette Laurence. He had been committed to the asylum by his parents who were ambitious politicians, the idea being that he was embarrassing to them. The prison guard morphed into the character of Tybalt who shot Mercutio  before being strangled with his own belt by the inmates led by Juliet.

In the end, Juliet stabbed Romeo in the throes of what appeared to be a mental breakdown, then stabbed herself. Matthew Bourne stated in the programme that he intended to create greater awareness of the issues of mental health.

The theme of Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights was used repeatedly in scenes of high stress and terror. Yes, I really enjoyed the show.

Full marks to the staff at the Curve for reacting to my disabled status, changing my seat to one with more leg room and no steps to climb, and then delegating a member of staff to guide me there and fetch my ice cream in the interval. Audience members were also solicitous.

Broccoli still £8 per kilo at Hall's greengrocers. New season runner beans were £16 per kilo!