So this is an astonishing 500th blog, which means around half a million words. I’ve relished the opportunity blogging allows for ‘thinking out loud’. In other words for experimenting with thoughts without the need to factor in the kind of criteria that restrain in the publishing arena. I’ve given up on celebrating the 500th in… Read More »
We were triply indebted to the Mickleham Choral Society during Christmas 2021. First, they provided us with a much-needed dose of seasonal normality after nearly two years of pandemic disruption: they brought us belatedly together once more to celebrate a traditional village event. Second, they pulled off this concert with an under-strength choir and on… Read More »
I have no musical pedigree, or ability. I have experienced this ‘lack’ the more so since moving to the village of Mickleham, which seems to have more than its fair share of talent. Stand-out musicians include Clare Kennington, a superb soloist on the violin, and sister Georgie, whose jazz singing I have enthusiastically blogged about… Read More »
When I was asked to write a few words on Georgie ‘Rose’ Kennington’s performance in St Michael’s Church I was apprehensive: after all I am no music critic! But I assented for two reasons. First, I had thoroughly enjoyed the evening’s programme; and second, if I know anything at all about music, then it’s about… Read More »
We were ready to leave our mid-Surrey provincial town partly because we needed more space, what with my 90-year old father encamped in our living room, and partly because of the predictable, grating noise from the Queens’s Head opposite. We could pool our resources and find somewhere larger and quieter. But ending up in Mickleham… Read More »