Ian on Jax
1st impressions?
A businesslike and capable person. She had powered a good way and came slightly belated, but made no fuss.
Exactly what do you discuss?
Animals, modern-day architecture, vacation, illness (my personal all forms of diabetes). She talked about Roman excavations in Colchester, near in which she life. Also the problems teenagers have weighed against the days in the 60s.
Any awkward times?
She took sometime to select dishes.
Good table manners?
Yes.
Best thing about the lady?
a really enterprising and reliable individual with considerable nerve.
Do you carry on somewhere?
We moved the woman to her vehicle and she provided me with a lift to Waterloo.
Scars regarding 10?
7.
Is it possible you meet once again?
I became very interested in the excavations at Colchester and I would wish to see them for the spring season, ideally along with her.
Jax on Ian
First thoughts?
Is the banquette sitting reasonable or perhaps is the guy truly small? Having had a puncture, we showed up 15 mins late, but he had been politely unfazed.
What do you speak about?
He’d visited Cookham, therefore we started on
Stanley Spencer
, after that flitted through
Eric Gill
,
Anish Kapoor,
John Constable
,
Andrew Graham-Dixon
,
Brian Sewell
, cruising, the V&A, family members, meals, Ian’s many and different afflictions.
Any uncomfortable moments?
I performed ask exactly why he was nevertheless a bachelor, which generated a change discovering their perception of elegant guile.
Good dining table ways?
Yes.
Most sensible thing about him?
His delight in publications, his passion for history along with his brilliant French accent.
Do you embark on somewhere?
In empathy for their gammy foot, I provided him a good start on the section.
Markings from 10?
7.
Do you really satisfy once more?
I am not a professional medic, and then he does not like canines, thus most likely not, but we exchanged emails and I have actually sent him data about the Roman excavations.
Ian and Jax ate at
Brasserie Joël
, London SE1.
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