Taking sides
When one of my friends says ‘I saw this and thought of you’, you can bet it’s not a kiss-me-quick hat or Behind the scenes at The Apprentice. ‘It’s a…
Not for arachnophobes
Who needs horror movies when there’s one in your back garden? Here’s a spider guarding over the nest it had built in a web that wrapped right around the leaves…
Customer service
Seen at the Chelsea branch of Barclays Bank just now: a visitor’s book with pen at the door, and a big sign asking the public for suggestions on how Barclays…
I took my harp to a party, but…
Harpist at Royal wedding charged with burglary and fraud. This story is for my friend Adam, who by curious coincidence happens to have a love of harp music, and an…
Nora the piano playing cat
I guess I must have missed this the first time round. Nora the piano playing cat has had music composed to accompany her keyboard improvisations, and they sound gorgeous. She…
DIY with nine-inch nails
If anything symbolized for me the exciting way that the web, affordable technology and the new spirit of collaboration in music as opposed to industrial-age models of production and distribution,…