Ann's successful book launch and inaugural fallout

Ann Hales-Tooke (writing as Ann Petre) answering
questions at  her book launch

Attended Ann Hales-Tooke's book launch. Fallout from POTUS first day in office.

In 2004, Ann Hales-Tooke changed my life with the question "Do you know anything about publishing? I've been witing my Autobiography since I was 50 and I now want to publish it before my 80th birthday". Today J and I attended Ann's book launch for her third book 'The Family That Flew'. At 90, Ann organised a well attended book launch with invited family and friends. In fact, the place was buzzing with Ann signing books for a good half hour before getting a break. She was ably interviewed by one of her sons and a young grandson read out some extracts - with props! I took pictures and also recorded the interview.

The event was a great success and J and I returned  pleased and exhausted after the two and a half hour event. Thank heavens Ann had family to help her clear up and settle down afterwards.

Newly inaugurated President Trump lost no time in beginning to initiate his changes. By midnight GMT, tweets were emerging of pages taken down from the President's site, on global warming, LGBT rights for example. He also signed his first executive order to target 'Obamacare' as well as his first bill, to allow Gen. James Mattis to serve as Defense Secretary.

International news concerned about the protectionist, isolationist tone of inaugural speech and first actions.

Trump's inauguration also initiated major demonstrations in support of women's rights, with many wearing the self-knitted pink 'Pussyhats'. There was also the first spat with the 'lying media' who claimed that there were fewer attendees at his inauguration than at Obamas. Awaiting info on Reality Check sites.

Pictures of the women's march in Washington suggested that even that surpassed his inauguration crowd.

The far right have taken heart from first Brexit and then Trump's win and held a conference in Koblenz and called for the break-up of the EU back into bordered member states.

PM May to be first foreign leader to visit President Trump next week!