I do pay a bit more attention in a gallery

If you know me, you probably know that I’m not very observant (I’d blame it on being short sighted, though that doesn’t really work as I’m usually wearing my glasses).

It was about a week ago J asked, ‘Have you seen the paintings?’
‘What paintings?’ I mumbled, wondering what on earth she was talking about, and the conversation moved on.

It was only yesterday, when I saw a copy of Van Gogh’s 'Sunflowers' in St Helen’s Square, that I actually clocked the Grand Tour in York. Before then, I’d been walking past them, oblivious.

Then, last night, as we left the theatre, we came across two on Bootham Bar. Holbein’s ‘The Ambassadors’ seemed particularly appropriate, as we’d just seen ‘A Man for All Seasons’. Today, they seem to be everywhere I look. You can even do a walking tour – I think I see a handbag walk coming on.