Thoughts
This week has prompted me to reflect in depth on this wonderful vocation which some have been prone to call teaching. I have at times referred to it fondly as “alligator wrestling” and to lessons, particularly the last lesson Friday graveyard shift, as “feeding time at the zoo.” This week a change has occurred: the alligators have multiplied unimaginably, joining forces with thrashing anacondas and...
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Reviews
“Manchester, we have no words.” This tweet by the mesmeric Black Honey, following a sell-out show at the Deaf Institute in Manchester last night, says it all. Having seen them five times in the last five months, I am inclined to agree. I am fast losing the ability to put into words what a live Black Honey show is like. Ok let me try: type...
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Travel
What follows is my diary from my recent three week trip to the north of India. Being an “in short bursts” kind of typist, I’m going to publish it in two day blocks, a serialisation if you like. I hope that, in spite of you reading of an occasional hiccup, you will still want to visit this amazingly sensual and colourful nation. India never fails to impress. ...
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Reviews
A review of Icelandic band, Samaris, at Leaf Tea shop, Liverpool ,on Thursday, 9th June, 2016. Support from the ever brilliant Feral Love. Not usually one to be lost for words when writing, I am fast running out of superlatives to describe Feral Love. I almost feel like it is an undeserved privilege to have seen them for a third time in just over a...
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Reviews
A review of Sundara Karma, In Heaven and The Night Café at the Arts Club, Liverpoool. 2nd June, 2016. A packed Arts Club Loft tonight witnessed the latest stage in the unstoppable rise and rise of Reading band, Sundara Karma.The anticipation and tension was palpable. Crowds swarmed into The Loft the minute the doors opened. The support acts experienced the knock-on benefit of the few hundred...
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Reviews
The Cavern Stage was set, the script written. The audience had taken their position in the stalls. The actors had run through their lines and fine-tuned their skills. I recall it as vividly as if it was yesterday. But it was two days ago! My ears can still clearly visualise and smell and taste that beautiful, sunny day in May forever imprinted on my consciousness....
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