Orbital by Samantha Harvey – Booker Prize Winner 2024

by | January 13, 2025 | Art, General | 0 Comments

A friend asked me recently whether I liked modern books. I told him that I like good books, some of which are modern. This good modern book is a sterling example of an outstanding book written in the last year. Orbital is a short novel, some 130 pages, and very...
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The Bungalow Galle Fort, Sri Lanka

by | January 7, 2025 | General | 0 Comments

Charlotte and I were in Sri Lanka recently for a wedding of a dear friend. We took the time to explore the beautiful country. We visited the capital Colombo first, then Galle Fort, followed by Negombo for the wedding and, finally, Kandy, in the mountains. We then...
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Chez Antoinette – Chic French Bistro Victoria, London

by | April 5, 2024 | Food and Drink, General | 0 Comments

Charlotte and I enjoyed a magical trip to London just after the Bank Holiday weekend to celebrate Easter. Easter is the most important time in the Church's calendar. Christians across the world celebrate the reality of Christ's resurrection and by extension His defeat...
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Rest on the Flight into Egypt – Caravaggio

by | March 1, 2024 | Art, General | 0 Comments

Charlotte and I saw a trio of beautiful Caravaggio paintings while visiting the Doria Pamphili Gallery in Rome in September last year. The gallery has hundreds of paintings and many masterpieces. I may do a piece on the gallery as a whole and then on some of its...
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Saint Michael The Archangel Defeats Satan – Guido Reni

by | February 27, 2024 | General | 0 Comments

I did two posts on Guido Reni a while ago, one on St Joseph with the Infant Jesus, and another of the Portrait of Cardinal Bernardino Spada, which I think I saw in Rome. One (former) Cardinal I saw with Charlotte, for sure, was the Velasquez painting of the Portrait...
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Locura – Virus – AOTM February 2023

by | February 23, 2024 | General, Tunes | 0 Comments

Hello from your absentee blog host. I am sorry, to the few souls who will see this post, for my absence of late. I will heal the keenly felt rift in content with my favourite album of late, Virus, by Locura. This is the fifth studio album from the Argentine New Wave...
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Christ in the House of His Parents – Sir John Everett Millais

by | November 10, 2023 | Art, General | 0 Comments

Amazingly, this painting is Millais' first important religious subject. It shows the boyhood of Christ, of which not much is known. The gospels of St Luke and St Matthew speak on Christ's childhood years. Christ's dedication is at Luke 2:21-40 and His visit to the...
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The Merry Maid Bar & Grill Birmingham – A Night to Remember

by | August 14, 2023 | Film & Television, General | 0 Comments

Picture the scene: Charlotte, Colin, Soyful and I are driving up to the Merry Maid, up through Five Ways, up the Belgrave Middleway, then up the back of Dunelm. We parked opposite the restaurant, which is situated between Priestley Road and Athole Street. During the...
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St Joseph with the Infant Jesus – Guido Reni

by | March 20, 2023 | Art, General | 0 Comments

This 1620 painting took my by surprise this morning. I was wondering out of my room about to prepare for the day and Nicholas showed me the Universalis painting today. Universalis is a wonderful app for Catholics with the Divine Office and Mass readings for the day,...
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Favourite Album Cover – March 2023

by | March 12, 2023 | General | 0 Comments

I first heard of this band on Toast of London, when Steven Toast was dating Clancy Moped. Clancy was a 'weather girl' and was telling Toast her favourite bands over dinner: "the Weather Report, Snow Patrol, Earth Wind and Fire, especially the Wind bit". On the day of...
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Hello and welcome to CEDRIC SUGGESTS, specially designed for those of us who are partial to a slice or three of The Culinary Arts…

But Nota Bene Dear Reader: this blog is NOT limited to my recipe and restaurant ramblings alone! I shall also take it upon myself to decribe my various other encounters and experiences in this wonderful world we all share. Expect recommendations of excellent service received, for example, and lively discussions on a variety of exhilerating sublects like as Fashion, Art, Education, Religion and Fitness my word. Not forgetting my regular Favourite Albums of the Month / Year feature. Are you ready? Then enter Freunde, Étranger, Stranger…

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To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent – John Keats

To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent – John Keats

by | Sep 4, 2022 | , | 0 Comments

After murdering some 20-50 spiders, and cleaning the pedalo (a human-powered watercraft propelled by the action of pedals turning a paddle wheel), in France, Charlotte and I went out onto the lake. It was a glorious July day with temperatures up to 37 degrees. Being...

Technical Ecstasy – Black Sabbath – AOTM August 2022

Technical Ecstasy – Black Sabbath – AOTM August 2022

by | Aug 31, 2022 | | 0 Comments

I have read a number of reviews of this album and none of them seem positive at all! But I say damn the critics. This album is awesome. It is not as good as the six preceding it (though they were not all perfect), but it has left a mark on me this month. Released in...

Summer Delight by Anders Zorn

Summer Delight by Anders Zorn

by | Aug 27, 2022 | , | 0 Comments

I do not know much about this artist. I understand that he was born in Mora in Sweden, between two lakes (the Siljan and the Örasjön).. He studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts from 1875-1880 then spent time travelling around Europe, painting. The lady in the...

Le Biniou – Gallette Heaven, Valençay

Le Biniou – Gallette Heaven, Valençay

by | Aug 18, 2022 | , | 0 Comments

Picture the scene, we have just visited the Château de Valençay and has a bellyful of Talleyrand (thought by some to have been the greatest foreign minister France has ever known). It is around 25 degrees and we are hankering for some food. In France, we discovered to...