Not the vegetable sillies - the creative people that put on artistic events (think the Sultan's Elephant, the plinth in Trafalgar Square.....)
She went up north a few years ago to see 'Lumiere' in Durham and was moved to tears several times seeing so many ordinary folk queuing up to see light installations across the city.
The soppy old thing.
The soppy old thing.
This time she is at 'Temple 2015' with her dear travelling companion and financial assistant, Mr Lord.
Thousands of people have visited Kelly's Field high above the city of Derry, where artist David Best and his crew have built an enormous 70 foot high wooden temple. Local youngsters have been helping cut the intricate fretwork, contributing their own ideas.
Mrs T started getting emotional again seeing so many people climbing the hill.
Quite like a pilgrimage she thought, snuffling into her tissues.
Quite like a pilgrimage she thought, snuffling into her tissues.
The temple was absolutely buzzing......everyone squeezing in, holding children up to write things, leaving pictures of lost loved ones, reading inscriptions, standing, looking,marvelling.
The temple will be burned, a massive communal letting go.
Yesterday Mrs T had rather impulsively responded to an email request for those attending to share objects and memories that they were leaving in the temple. She wasn't really sure what The One Show was, but she does enjoy the odd dalliance with the media.
So she took that old copy of the Elgar Cello Concerto along - many years ago she had a rather nasty experience playing it.
Mr Lord was shooed away and the interview took place in the fading light.
Mrs T is now bezzies with the lovely Lucy Siegle and would like to point out that Lucy started following her on twitter first.
The burning happened.
It was Tissue Time again as the flames leapt into the air, engulfing the construction. It was all over in about an hour.
Mrs T made a mental note to check on the house insurance when she got back.
Many of the locals said it was a pity to burn the temple, but Mrs T thinks it's so much better to get rid of all that nasty old stuff.
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