We went to see Cecilia Bartoli last night at the Royal Concert Hall. She was brilliant. It was a lovely evening out, I dozed off a little in the first half (we were up in the nose bleed part of the upper circle) but I was fully awake for the strong second half and her half dozen encores…. Michelle hasn’t given up on me yet. She said “we’ll get seats closer to the front next time, you’ll be able to see her expressions“.

We were second row from the back last night. You couldn’t get much further away….