Unexpected thing I learnt this morning: Marina Abramovic is such a fan of Miriam Elia (We go to the Gallery) that she gets together with friends and reads them out loud, hooting.
She didn't know Miriam but, ahead of the RA show, found her and asked her to write a life-of-Marina satire. See below.

“Rising Mildew”: Frank Lloyd Wright explained by Stewart Brand.

If Prince Harry really wanted to wind his bro up, now's the time to turn up unannounced at a stadium in Sydney.

Has a climate change denier yet said that the cause of the Rhodes wildfires is too many trees?
Let me know when they do.

A bit of a shocker of a week having to deal with other people’s various rages, none of which I think I have induced. (None on Blue Sky, tg) Anyway… have rolled into the Academy Club early to find this still life painting waiting to happen.

RIP Milan Kundera. Images and lines from "The Book of Laughter of Forgetting," which I read at least 30 years ago, still linger with me.

How to win over the Blue Wall.

Not blonde. That’s all I’m saying.

Looking like a classic case of the glass cliff for Linda Yaccarino.

@samuelmarclowe.bsky.social Hello Sam, would you be able to explain the rules of origin issue around EVs from European manufacturers. Chat over my lunch table today was that our oven-ready Brexit deal means a 30% tariff on a Volkswagen e-Up etc.

As we settle in here, I’m struck by the possibility that the lost tribe of Twitter, forced into exile by Elon, are going to end up wandering aimlessly in the digital desert, from platform to platform, never finding a permanent home, every time believing this will be the one.

In other news, at a drinks party last night, I met a chap who is working on Liz Truss's new "Growth Commission" which launches next Wednesday. He explained to me that what people didn't know about Liz was this: she is bad at politics but very good at economics. I believe he was on her payroll.

I go away for two weeks and all sorts of new places open in Soho. The most striking is Manzi’s. Originally a 1920s Italian fish restaurant, the same vintage as Quo Vadis, the Wolseley Group bought the name, some chic furnishings and good blue paint. It’s “soft launch” week. Table booked. Let’s see

And a welcome to the co-author of this great piece of journalism @joshspero.bsky.social

Here is a free link to a difficult story of sexual misconduct accusations against celebrated architect Sir David Adjaye published by the FT this morning https://on.ft.com/3XAupqY

FT runs with Meta starting its own Twitter called Threads, due on July 6, linked to Instagram.
Online social lives all have different forums. Suddenly Club Twitter is over. But do you really want to hang with those friends in the chillout rooms of Instagram? A weird social shuffle is about to happen

Very blue sky. And the Palazzo delle Poste in Palermo: Mazzoni, 1920s, and an awesome sight when you’ve just emerged from the dilapidated back streets.

It’s like being reborn