Art and Caesars

Travelled to the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at UAE Norwich today. Big grey building, impressive footbridge. Art collection arranged rather loosely, but fascinating when very modern art (Bacon, Picasso) juxtaposed with very primitive artefacts (up to 4000BC). For example, a Giacometti figure next to a female idol. Then, after a good lunch, into the 'Surrealist Friends' exhibition - not thrilling, some interest downstairs.

Meanwhile reading 'American Caesars', fascinating vignettes of all the post-war US Presidents. One or two amazing things - Carter lost to Reagan because Reagan fixed the Iranians release of the hostages, i.e. the US election was decided in Tehran!