Baroness

Today was a day I shall never forget. I had the amazing opportunity to sit in very intimate, small class setting and listen to one of Britain's most well-known modern novelists. Detective author P.D. James came to the English Detective class I am taking to speak to all 25 of us in a small, unremarkable room in a church a couple blocks off Abbey Road. This intimate, rather unremarkable setting almost magnified how incredible this experience was. At 91 James is as sharp as a tack and undeniably articulate without any hint of a failing memory. And yet her unpretentious demeanour and honest sensible manner made her feel so approachable, and also made one feel so at ease in her presence. She is a treasure, and I could have sit and listened to her for ages.

I only had my compact, inferior camera with me, but I at least have these images to remember this experience . . .


The Baroness with my teacher