29 December 2025
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I know it is a bit too late to be recommending Advent reading for this year. The liturgical season ends on Christmas Eve and starts four Sundays before that (30th November this year and 29th November in 2026). However, I … Continue reading
25 December 2025
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I visited Staithes in North Yorkshire about eight years ago and did some photography and painting, which led to a few further artworks. This is one I digitally reworked last month. Originally I thought of using it for block printing … Continue reading
1 December 2025
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It turns out that I’m not just singing bass but also playing some double bass for the LU choir concert on Wednesday (tickets on EventBrite). In the first half we are doing a piece called Navidad Nuestra by Argentinian composer … Continue reading
27 November 2025
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I’ve been rehearsing Christmas music with various groups for a couple of months now but I’m finally at the cusp of the live performances that will result from it. The list as it stands at the moment is: Phew! If … Continue reading
3 October 2025
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I’m still not convinced that supermarkets need to have had some of their Christmas stock out since the beginning of September but, as a musician, you do need to start reasonably early on preparing for the spate of events that … Continue reading
28 July 2025
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Today I bumped into a couple of people from the Loughborough University choir – one popped into my office to drop off her computer for a Windows 11 upgrade and the other spotted me down at the allotment when I … Continue reading
27 December 2024
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For family reasons we didn’t have a full Christmas dinner on Christmas Day, or at least not one with turkey. That gets rectified this afternoon and hopefully will be all the better for the recent practise run!
25 December 2024
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This year’s Christmas design is a haloed crown. Perhaps I should also have worked a cross in there or embossed it in red and then I would have hit all three points of the way the carol We Three Kings … Continue reading
23 December 2024
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This year it falls to me and Jane to host the family Christmas. With the first guests arriving imminently, we’ll soon find out if our plans are in order. Guest beds assembled, presents wrapped, food and drink provisioned…. I think … Continue reading
30 November 2024
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That’s the first of the Christmas gigs out of the way – the lights switch on at East Leake. Compared to other years, it was neither as cold (mid-teens rather than near freezing) nor as wet (clear skies and no … Continue reading