Walk On By

Fanfare / 28th June, 2015

The Royal Festival Hall was packed on Friday with anticipation of meeting a musical giant. Burt Bacharach songs have been covered in there hundreds by a whole host of great musicians and in a variety of styles. One of my all standing favourites is Walk on By the original and a nerve chilling cover …More»

Since You’ve Been Gone….

Fanfare / 1st June, 2015

Where do rainbows come from Daddy?

Good question and although we all know about the pot of gold and the yellow brick road the rainbow is still a feat of  environmental excellence.

A stella event we rather take for granted and my mind turns back to a prism lesson in class all very dull, but …More»

New York, New York

Fanfare / 6th April, 2015

The last column

As the song recalls it is a wonderful town. Been away too long. Such a polyglot and eye popping city.

My more unusual takeaways are watching a man cross the road with a cat sat on his hat- Dr Seuss watch out.! The inner sanctum of the Met where the …More»

Certainly not a Joker

Ferment / 5th April, 2015

Back today to follow up on the Christmas debacle.

This time root canal work on a recalcitrant molar made much worse because I had already had this tooth worked on last year within the NHS. Sadly for me their skill set was well below par and although now in the hands of a Ferrari team, …More»