John Baker’s Blog

Today we were at a new gallery to see the work of Ruth King, Peter Baker and Alex Cooper. We were easily tempted to buy one of Ruth King’s pots -

- and intrigued by the work of York based, Peter Baker (no relation), who uses marble dust and plaster to coat the faces of individual [...]

Factory girls in the UK on a teabreak in 1978. This site celebrates working life in photographs from different trades. Also takes a look at humour, apprentices, fishermen, miners, etc.
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I finished reading Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote last night. I’ve not been able to read it before but I got hold of the Edith Grosman translation which makes it much more accessible. It is a book which is deeply amusing but which, nevertheless, engages us in the human tragedy. The gentle Knight’s quest is [...]

Blogging about books and writing. It’s good to know that the site is coming along and to feel fair to middling pleasure that it doesn’t look a complete disaster. It won’t be right for some time, of course, because there’s still a dozen little things that need attention. But I’m constantly reminded that all of [...]