The week begins early with a Sunday afternoon flight to The Hague. There are delays because of high winds - this seems to happen every time I go there. Train from Amsterdam to The Hague and walk to the hotel -fortunately it has stopped raining. The last time I was here I was mistaken for a diplomat, but not this time. The European Library Management meeting begins on Monday morning. We discuss the annual report, budgets, changes in the governance and the relationship with europeana. Get back home around 9.00 at night.
Tuesday is really busy - chairing a resarch committee to discuss research strategy, two one to ones with Peter and Richard, deal with four days of emails and enquiries ranging from Public Sector Information to the draft press release for our exhibition at the House of Commons. And at the end I have to go to Mile End for a Trustees meeting for Matt's Gallery. The debate there again is about whether we should move and how to generate money. I travel back with Christopher on the District Line. Raid the fridge for anything I can eat without cooking - a couple of hard-boiled eggs and a salad.
Wednesday isn't much easier. A South African architect, Jo Noero, is visiting - he's involved with the construction of a digital library in Port Elizabeth. Then it's off to the Middle Temple with Ronald to advise them on moving away (or not) from print. It is interesting that their users don't really use periodicals.
Back at St Pancras I have another one to one and then a discussion of a business case for philatelic security. Next is my annual performance review. I intend to go to a private view at the Haunch of Venison at the old Museum of Mankind building - but I doze off on the tube and miss the Green Park stop: my body is telling me something.
At home I make an asparagus risotto washed down by a couple of glasses of rose rioja. Listen to the football on Radio 5 Live - it's the United Champions League game, but my team are playing too in the Premiership. They beat Fulham away 2:1 and we are out of the relegation zone. Just as well as they play Arsenal on Saturday.
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