Notes on Notes

It is 9pm or so on a warm evening in mid-Spring. My mother, fiancé and I are about to sit down to a late dinner when we hear an...

In July 2016 I approached Peter Reynolds, asking whether he would mind an informal to-and-fro by email. The subject was (at least to...

Today, the shortest day of 2016, felt like a good enough excuse[1] to throw together a list of ‘happy pieces’: Berocca for the cochlea,...

Sometimes small things are the most transformative: a pinch of salt in a glass of chocolate milk; the toothpick in the corner of a...

This is a list of propositions that are either a) not completely true, and/or b) something I was unable to write a complete post about....

I buy a lot of CDs. Below are three recent purchases, downloaded to my iPod, that are to my mind worth a second listen: Matt Dunkley,...

A school that I’ve recently been working for just received a generous anonymous donation of a baby grand piano, insured for £60,000. I...

I buy a lot of CDs. Below are three recent purchases, downloaded to my iPod, that are to my mind worth a second listen: Felix...

As professional musicians, friends of mine play at weddings and I often like to find out what they’ve been asked to play. They get all...

I buy a lot of CDs. Below are three recent purchases, downloaded to my iPod, that are to my mind worth a second listen: The Trees They...

I buy a lot of CDs. Below are three recent purchases, downloaded to my iPod, that are to my mind worth a second listen: Astor Piazzolla,...

Francis Picabia’s La Nourrice Americaine (‘The American Nurse’) was performed in its original form for the first and, it seems, last time...