bewildered of sw14

Bewildered of SW14

Puzzled by news of the stand-off between Russia and the UK over, of

all things, the British Council. My own contact with this organisation

consisted of two green and pleasant years, some while ago, editing a

magazine named Soundings which helped to promote British music of all

types and was distributed via BC offices around the world. A nicer,

more mild-mannered and traditionally British bunch you couldn't hope

to find. I believe that the gentleman who then headed the music

section eventually left to become a poet.

Perhaps it's just the old schoolyard story: the quiet, sensitive ones

are the easiest targets for the bullies...Otherwise, this could very

easily become a latter-day Graham Greene novel.

Meanwhile it looks as if the planned exhibition at the Royal Academy