This morning's news announced the death of comedian Ken Dodd at ninety, perhaps the last great all round music hall entertainment star and hilariously surreal stand-up comic. The British Parliament has been told that investigations into the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy and his daughter reveal the use of a military grade nerve agent produced by the Russians at some time in the past. got. However this has got out into the wild, deliberately with authorisation or inadvertently due to poor security, it represents a disturbing turn of events with very serious consequences.
Another walk this afternoon along the Palmeria de las Sorpresas, watching ferries and cruise ships come and go, then wandering randomly through the Old Town, just enjoying the place. Since the weekend, the first ranks of spectator seating for Semana Santa have been erected, filling two thirds of the Plaza de la Constitución. Also deliveries have been made of construction packs, either for seating or safety barriers at roundabout where the Alamada and Calle de Marquesa de Lario meet. Processions went around this roundabout when I was last here in 2014.
Things may not be quite the same this year as the right hand side of the Alameda is now enclosed by heras fencing to contain the new metro line building site. I'm fascinated by the logistics surrounding this week of processions, which calls for bus stops to be relocated, roads closed and seating for thousands constructed, and crowd safety measures put in place, while the city centre continues its business as usual.
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