My favorite actuary finds himself in the depths of Sussex emulating Pablo Picasso. Is this pretentious, amusing or just plain daft?
My “Spot the difference” skills tell me that Pablo’s sign pointed to “Laugh” rather than “Lewes”. though I suspect that Laugh may be lengthened to Laughton when Pablo moves his beret.
Picasso was staying at nearby Farley’s House as did Max Ernst, Joan Miró, Man Ray, Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning visited from overseas whilst Eileen Agar, Kenneth Armitage, William Turnbull, John Craxton and Richard Hamilton formed the British contingent. So now you know.
I’d like to think that Andy will have the last laugh and show us the way to go,
Muddles Green is a fairly good descriptor of the state of pension investment strategy right now – all roads should lead to Brighton!
A local story goes that the famous artist walked to the Six Bells pub in Chiddingly before realising he had no cash on him.
The pub’s landlord at the time, a Paul Newman, said that, upon realising his pockets were empty, Picasso made him an offer you’d assume he couldn’t refuse.
He apparently told the landlord he would draw him a “little sketch” as payment, but his offer was rejected and Picasso was forced to walk back to the Farley’s farmhouse without having a drink.