Have twice voted LibDem here in this Tory stronghold (Essex), and felt terrible both times. This time went Green, and although equally pointless, don't feel too bad about it.
I had to photograph the remains of Marshalsea Prison for a project I was involved in, and came across a stained-glass window featuring Little Dorrit in the church next door. The book is set there.
I started to read it, but sad to say it’s far from Dickens’ best - or maybe it’s me. I don’t like...
As I recall, our bus broke down in Strood, we eventually got there hours late, the match had to be abandoned in fading light with us seven down, we asked for the result to be cancelled in favour of a replay, with the inevitable response. Happy days.
Indeed, you’ve reminded me of the time (in 1991) when we went to Snape Maltings to see a performance of Sumidagawa, the Japanese Nō play that had inspired Benjamin Britten to write Curlew River, which was performed in the second half.
The Nō company entered chanting from the rear of the...
Had a long chat with Joe Harriott after a gig in the GI Club back in the sixties (is that still going?).
Nice guy, rather shy, maybe not used to being approached by white fanboys. Monster alto player, way ahead of his time, up with Ornette and Dolphy for me. Legend.
We like Petroc Trelawney’s programme on R3 weekday mornings from 6:30-9:00. He plays a mixed bag (although not much ska) and you’ll probably find something to appeal from time to time. Don‘t expect to like everything though. Just let it run for a couple of weeks would be my advice.
For jazz...
I must have been born without the pop music gene, because it's never had much appeal for me. More relevantly, my sister is six years older than me, so most of what I was exposed to at the impressionable age was the jazz and folk that her art school chums would bring round.
Pretty soon I...