I came to the mighty Deep Purple through the tradesmans entrance, long after the paint had peeled. My first gig… December 81 at Ipswich Gaumont, the metal mecca with the Ian Gillan Band touring their double opus, Double Trouble.
Gillan had a fast and furious band and I was blown away, although at 11 …More»
Funerals are ghastly, but a symbolic ritual, an opportunity to take time to remember a cherished loved one or friend. The service is a critical facet and it may seem odd to enthuse but this Humanist service carried real weight and conviction.
The Humanist Society works on behalf of non-religious people …More»
My favourite film is a grand old 40 this year, Peter Hall’s 1974 free form adaptation of Suffolk born Ronald Blythe’s portrait of the vanishing English village culture, Akenfield (1969).
It is a masterpiece of rural social commentary, an improvised folkscape of a county long gone from the turn of the century …More»
I had a great evening at my local boozer last weekend, crowned by a chap belting out an acoustic version of The Moody Blues ‘Nights in White Satin’ followed swiftly by a rollicking ‘Hey Ho Silver Lining’. In my slurred slumber I mentally cued up (and subsequently requested) Lynyrd Skynyrds Freebird next, but sadly …More»
