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Apr
21

THE TROLL KING

"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't." - William Shakespeare Feigned madness is a
2 min read
Apr
21

I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND

It's the handhold that's got the entire world of boxing talking i.e was it consensual
3 min read
Apr
19

OZMOSIS

"If you lose your imagination, you're like a hollow shell." - Fairuza Bulk (Dorothy) Having recently
6 min read
Apr
11

OJ

Not since Desdemona's handkerchief in Shakespeare's 'Othello' has there been an article of clothing
2 min read
Apr
06

IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS (AND TOILETS!)

Dedicated to my sensei of the blue sky mind, PW. Now all the hullabaloo of the 2024 Oscars has finally
5 min read
Apr
01

CRAZY ABOUT DRUM CRAZY

There are few things in life as satisfyingly perfect as a top tier MGM dance sequence and few more perfect
2 min read
Mar
31

REDEMPTION ARC

Playing Mahler's 2nd Symphony, 'The Resurrection' (1895) conducted by Otto Klemperer (EMI) earlier this Easter Sunday
2 min read
Mar
30

SPRING IS STRUNG

Sometimes a piece of music falls into your lap at just the right time of the year, providing a soundtrack
3 min read
Mar
29

RUPERT AND THE GOOD FRIDAY VISION

After enjoying a Good Friday breakfast of scrambled eggs, hot cross buns and tea with his mother and father and
6 min read
Mar
22

KATE

Re-posted from 16th September, 2022 She had learnt much from Queen Elizabeth II but perhaps nothing more important and vitally
4 min read