Everyday Tooting racism
Overheard outside St George’s this evening, a conversation between a middle-aged Indian bloke (MIB) and a late-middle aged guy of possibly middle-Eastern descent (MED): MIB: …not so bad, but it’s…
Tooting mornings…
…are particularly spendid at the moment. Up at 5 a.m. to some minor edits to the 1 & 2 piano scores of The Green Table, which I’ve been editing on…
Simon Jaymes nominated for the Indy Awards
It’s a funny old world. It must have been 3 years ago or more that I bumped into Simon Jaymes (as he now is) outside the Sadlers Wells in the…
Swimathon (part II – the finishing line!)
I feel fantastic – I finished the Swimathon in 1h 50 mins, 25 minutes faster than last time in 1992. Tooting’s also a 33m pool, whereas Brixton, where I did…
Manège Daniel Jones – There is nothing like a dame
This is day 24 in my Dance Inspirations Advent Calendar (II) In March 2002, Wayne Sleep organised a gala evening for Dame Beryl Grey‘s 75th birthday , known, at least…