Man Holding Ram is 22
I’ve passed this statue hundreds of times in the 20-ish years I’ve lived in Tooting, without ever knowing what it was, or who made it. I’ve watched it decay, and…
Home sweet home
Home again at last, after a week in which I spent 36 hours in the air (Singapore-London-Tokyo-London). I was giving a seminar for ballet pianists at the remarkable Showa University…
Prague Postcards 2: A tricycle built for six
Seen in Dlouhá, outside Praha Bike. Not my idea of fun, as the whole fun of having a bike is independence.
White noise
When my friend Andrew told me that the only way he could study at university was to listen to white noise through headphones, I thought that was the kind of…
Seren-dip-ity
I found this Haiku-length aphorism written on A4 copier paper lying on the bench in the changing cubicle after my morning swim at Tooting pool this morning. I don’t know…
Ayr today, gone tomorrow
Back from a flying visit to Ayr over the weekend to do a concert. Oh I do like to be beside the seaside, I really do. For a few pics,…