Gassed

Gassed by John Singer Sargent

I am ashamed that I have not seen this painting before. It took this cartoon in The Telegraph to bring it to my attention. The cartoon may be moot now after last night's vote and though it is hard to turn away from the terrible events which prompted it, and it may well be negated by any action taken by other countries, I am hopeful that this is the start of a distancing from these foreign escapades. I am sure that any statement that this is the start of a new, more peaceful era will be seen as hyperbole but like someone more erudite than me said 50 years ago, I can dream.