Bono and Ali Attend Poetry Hour

I'D have thought Bono would have stayed in on Sunday evening to watch The Voice of Ireland on the telly. To keep up with the kids and all that? Still, Bono has no doubt forgotten more about innovation in music than the kids will ever know. But I digress. 

Bono and his lovely other half Ali were at The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin last Sunday evening. Maurice Saatchi, the husband of the late novelist Josephine, sat with Bono and Ali. Given that Maurice's official title is Baron Saatchi, I wonder was the U2 singer musing throughout the proceedings that Baron Bono has a certain ring. Perhaps he didn't have time to entertain such thoughts as he was enjoying it all so much. At one point Bob Geldof broke off from reading a poem because he said he was too distracted by gorgeous Sinead Cusack (sitting on Sir Bob's left), in particular, by her stockingclad legs. "The stockings, Sinead", Bob moaned, "the stockings" Hardly missing a beat, the owner of those pretty pins turned to Bob and said: "The title of the next poem exlains it www.all.No Country For Old Men." Everyone at the Abbey laughed - including, admirably, Sir Bob and Baron Bono.

Baron Bono and Baroness Ali seem to be going out to all the right events lately. They were at the three day wedding of Bono's niece Emma at Rathsallagh House in Wicklow on New Year's Eve.