Like sand and glue
A little while ago, Bob Dylan was award the Nobel Prize in Literature – the first songwriter ever to receive the award. I found this really interesting for two reasons… Firstly that…
Category: Music
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Creative Grass Roots
This week I spent a lovely evening as a guest of She Voices – a group of women writers based in Richmond, in London. We gathered at the Tea Box for an…
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It’s a Livin’ Thing
I fought my way through the crowd at London’s O2 Arena (formerly the Millennium Dome) this week to see a music legend – Jeff Lynne’s ELO. Wow – what a great gig…
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Metal moshing in pink
I’ve just done something I have never done before – and probably never thought I would do… I have joined the mosh pit at a metal gig. Ok – let set a…
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We could be heroes
I lost one of my heroes this week – the amazing David Bowie died. He was 69 and had just released his latest album, Blackstar. I’m listening to it as I write.…
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An Englishman’s knees
It’s August and the sun is shining (well – occasionally) and that means I am to be found on most weekends camping in a field listening to music with fifteen or twenty…
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Been there, seen them, got the T-shirt
I was in a fashion scrum this week – struggling in a crowd to get my hands on the latest designs… not, not shoes. T-shirts. Specifically a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert T-shirt. The…
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The ghost at the crossroads…
I love a ghost story. And a legend. And music. So it was inevitable that while in the American south on holidays, I should go in search of the ghost of…