Rook Lane Blog
Monthly Archives: August 2011
The importance of being an artist
August 31, 2011
I was strolling down Cheap Street during my lunch break – having completed my Rook Lane errands – when I bumped into Pete and Hilary – Frome residents, Rook Lane stewards, ex- headteachers, lovers of the arts, diggers […]
Defoe Digs Frome!
August 26, 2011
“The town of Froom… is so prodigiously increased within the last Twenty or Thirty Years, that they have built a New Church, and so many New Streets of Houses, and those Houses are so full of inhabitants, that […]
A Child’s Perspective
August 23, 2011
A little boy, aged about five years old, just walked into the Rook Lane Chapel with his father and marched straight up to my desk. “Is there any art here?” He said. I told him there had been an exhibition […]
Rainy Days and Rock ‘n’ Roll
August 18, 2011
As a teenager, I used to wear baggy jeans that were far too long and would drag along the pavement. I listened to Green Day and Nirvana and thought I was somewhat ‘rock and roll’ in my impractical […]
