I think my friend Ian Owles was the lighting camera man on this video and Barry Manilow told him afterwards that he felt no one had made him look that good before. Ian had a secret he couldn’t tell anyone, and his secret was that he was colour blind. So on film sets he’d ask…
Continue ReadingIt’s a Wonderful Life
Hi, I’m releasing my latest song today. I wrote this song about a moment when someone pulls up to their house one evening and realises things have changed between their partner and themselves. Faced with an inevitable separation there’s a part of them that realises even though there’ll be some tough times ahead, life still…
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I Want To Hear Leonard Cohen In The Tower of Song
Someone once said to me that when the tram lines were taken up from our roads it was as if the tram lines that guided us in society also disappeared. There is a general consensus in the UK that we should try to be as free as possible in how we choose to live our lives without infringing on others’ right to be free, and I reckon most of us feel comfortable with that. But…
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If Not Now Then When?
Apart from being a memorable saying “If Not Now Then When” was also the title of one of Tracey Chapman’s hits in 1988. These words have been echoing in my mind (lots of echoes there!). I watched my father die in front of me a few months ago and maybe it was that which reminded me that…
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