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Things to cheer you up
What have you been doing to cheer yourself up this wintry season?
Month: March 2018
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Font-astic!
How nice to find oneself rubbing shoulders with Alan Bennett. On a bookshelf in a bookshop, that is. Copies of my book The Road to Civitella 1944 placed next to Bennett’s Keeping On – Keeping On. I have met the good man at a book signing at Bath Literature Festival a few years’ back, his… Read More Font-astic!
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The rhythm of life
It’s not often you have the chance, outside of London, to hear a renowned percussionist play a rare concerto for vibraphone by a Brazilian composer and percussionist. So when the programme for the Spring Concert for North Wiltshire Symphony Orchestra (NWSO) came out, I leaped at the chance to hear Sacha Johnson play Concerto No… Read More The rhythm of life
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There was a
I’ve been writing the odd limerick for ages, mostly to include in people’s birthday, leaving or retirement cards. I think the personal touch is appreciated and recipients usually laugh when they read them; and I don’t think it’s just being polite. However, I’m not sure how wise it is to be planning a whole book… Read More There was a