Lynne's Parliament and Haringey diary

Not at Parliament today as not needed for the chamber and have two local commitments. First of the day is a meeting with the Director of the Mountview Theatre School to see if there are ways that I can be of help in their aspiration to combine on one site and to draw some synergy with the Chocolate Factory - an artists colony next door.

We reminisce - well I do - about my first contact with the Theatre School when I was about 8 and was understudy for a production they were putting on - 'The Innocents'. I remember it so clearly - and spent years thereafter hankering to be an actor. Happily for me that didn't work out and I became a designer.

What my love of theatre has done though is give me a great belief in the arts and entertainment. And I will always want to promote entertainment, arts and culture as it breathes life and fun into life.

At lunchtime, and in the blistering heat, I am at the ceremony to open the Therapeutic Network at Canning Crescent. Horrifically and short-sightedly - Haringey saw fit to close the two mental day-care hospitals in our borough. Campaigners - after a two-year battle - have succeeded in getting this service (in different form and much smaller) re-opened. Hurrah. Great occasion - but very hot!

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