Tagged: hero

Sir Grayson Perry.

Well done Grayson Perry. He is to be knighted for services to the arts.

His Art Club tv series on Channel 4 was a real tonic during lock down. It kept us all sane.

He is an artist who also makes a point of not charging admission to his exhibitions and visitors turn up in droves as a result.

It is a shame that a knighthood these days can be had by a Tory party donor for a bag of cash.

So it somewhat devalues the honour given to likes of Grayson Perry who earned it, rather than paid for it.

Sir Greyson’s knighthood is richly deserved and it also gives him the excuse to buy a brand new frock for when he goes to the Palace to get his gong.

Good on him!

Hats off

There is always someone who has more on their plate to deal with than you.
If I think like this it helps me see that half full cup.
Hats off to this young pup for his grit, stamina and determination.

Hey, I sound a bit like Alan Hansen on a Saturday night in giving that analysis!

Bike heroes #4

Mario Cipollini

This lad was best described as a “Dandy” – one of his many nicknames was The Lion King, which helped paint the picture of this very self confident athlete with his mane of curly hair and wrap around shades. He oozed sauve style, posessed a real sense of arrogance and was a natural team leader.

Cipollini was a sprinter, a man who loved to be greeted by his adoring fans on the winner’s podium at the end of the race whilst looking like he had not even been down the paper shop and back on his bike. He was that good that he would turn up at the Tour de France win a few flat stages in the first week or so, and then give up and abandon the race when things got serious in the mountain stages. He would jump off his bike at the first sight of the Pyrenees or Alps and be down on the beach in Rimini quicker than you could say “lazy, arrogant, spineless superstar”

All in all he was a great athlete and a bit of a bully if truth be told. Still he made the Italian cycling fans proud in 2002 in a brutal finish to the World Championships…….