Assange walked free on 16 December - temporarily on bail and staying withVaughan Smith in Norfolk, at Ellingham Hall, Vaughan's 600 acre 10 bedroom Georgian mansion, pictured on L.
Vaughan Smith is ex Grenadier Guards. Won the inter-Army shooting championships. Became independent cameraman and video journalist working in many of the major conflict zones.
He is also is the founder of the Front Line Club, a media club in Norfolk Street, near Paddington Station. Picture and info below from the Frontline Club webset.
The Frontline Club opened its doors soon after the Frontline Television News agency closed down. Frontline TV was created over Christmas lunch in the midst of the chaos and confusion of the Romanian revolution. It went on to become a key player in the independent fringe of television newsgathering.
The Club quickly became a centre for a diverse group of people united by their passion for quality journalism and dedication to ensuring that stories that fade from headlines are kept in sharp focus. It exists to promote freedom of expression and support journalists, cameramen and photographers who risk their lives in the course of their work.
More to come but for now Christmas Day evening begins in earnest, and I have to dress for dinner (yes, my host and hostess expect that sort of thing, and why not) and get into the spirt of things.
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