More of the Canterbury Festival

The day I returned to Garrington my sister Anne had a cataract operation in the morning. Niece Helen came down from London to transport her. Anne is already noticing what a difference it makes - she can read the newspaper again. That evening I heard Sir Vince Cable a previous British cabinet minister and previous head of the British Liberal Democratic party give a talk "The Chinese Condundrum: Engagement or Economic War" based on a book he recently published. He was very realistic about the economic power of China and the importanace of maintaining that relationship. He said that he thought Britain should allow the 5G that Huawei has been involved in the UK as he had been reassured in cabinet that the national security controls were in place. He was not supportive of the US having bullied the UK to ban Huawei 5G. Later that evening I watched a comedy show by Mick Doran, Principal Percussionist of the English National Opera. It was titled "An A to Z of Orchestral Triangle Playing". A very entertaining commentary on classical music, conductors, players and of course the Triangle. The following day Anne came with me to hear "The Kingdom Choir" a gospel choir that came to instant fame after singing at the wedding of Harry and Megan. It was fun to see them get all the mostly grey haired audience in the nave of Canterbury Cathedral standing up, clapping and swaying to the music. For me I thought from a musical perspective that there are probably better gospel choirs to be heard particularly in the southern US. When visiting the Cathedral we always go and "Say hello to Granny" where her ashes were buried in the Cathedral memorial garden. The wooden horse was built in 2018 to commemoreate the 8 Million horses that were killed in WWI.