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Last night I was very lucky to be invited to the O'Shea Gallery in St James's Street to see Annie Tempest's first exhibition of sculpture. Annie's acute observational skills can now be enjoyed in a new medium, of bronze and steel in three dimension. Her understanding of body language and gesture is communicated in scultpure.  I was told off for touching one of the pieces, ( this one did not have a sign on it, so sorry) but really it could not be helped, it was too tempting, each piece demanded to be touched and stroked.  Julian Fellowes was going to introduce the exhibition, but was ill. So instead the speech was read by his wife, the very glamorous Emma Kitchener Fellowes. It was very touching as Emma gently mentioned Annie's loss of her son Freddy last year, and that her new work and exhibition was partly a result of this.  We all drank to Annie and Freddy, of course the Tottering range now includes champagne and sloe gin. The combination of Annie's great talent and Raymond O'Shea's skill of presenting this to the world, is a winner.