The post GE 2017 outing

The election is over, we came second and increased our vote share but the Tory domination of the area is depressing.  Perhaps it's time to move to Eastbourne.  Perhaps it's time for the LibDems to be more radical. Mrs May is seriously weakened.  I would rather see Corbyn in no 10 than her.  He appears human and caring.  Better still a progressive alliance but that won't happen because of the tribalism of all parties and FPTP. 

So back to normal and I am off to Harris Manchester Chapel for the Unitarian service. Today the focus is on sustainability.  This is an area I have neglected since my 20s.  

Richard refers to the seven deadly things in this article by John Vidal.  

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/19/seven-deadly-things-trash-planet-human-life

We have a discussion over a sandwich lunch and I decide to 

Try Almond Milk

Get a compost bin 

Not go on holiday (I mean it) (visiting loved ones or study breaks doesn't count) 

Next stop is the Raphael Ex at the Ashmolean.  I love the drawings though the presentation is rather dull.  Amazing to think these works are 500 years old 

http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/raphael/

Raphael, who was born in 1483 was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.   His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition, as well as his depiction of human emotion.  Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.

Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work, much of which is in the Vatican.