The somewhat odd life of a musician and fundraiser

A fundraiser, writer and folk musician in the UK playing guitar, bass, singing, writing and marketing. All posts in this blog are personal and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of my employer, cat, neighbour or government.

Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Back to skule

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Bad blogger! - no posts since last year and it's 1st April already. However, this blog post is not an April fool - I really am studying ...

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Creative change of direction

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For most of my life, being a musician has been a big part of who I am. But as arthritis has robbed me of the ability to just pick up a guita...

Wednesday, December 03, 2025

A Long(leat) day

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A long day, and a long blog post. Longleat House A coach trip with mother - planned to visit the winter light show at Longleat! A coach fu...

Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Misspent youth

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Going to an in person seminar on the new Data Use and Access Act (my life is so exciting) in Islington the other day, I turned the wrong way...

Tuesday, September 09, 2025

Honouring a friend

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One of the toughest times with the breakdown of my first marriage happened to be at the same time as I was working a job that was a long way...

Thursday, July 24, 2025

There’s a hole in my belly

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(C) Microsoft stock photos. During everything that went on with lockdowns, furlough and cancer treatment, 2020 was a challenging year. In th...

Friday, July 18, 2025

Madeira part one

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We went on holiday! Two whole weeks on an island we’d never visited, with adventure waiting around every corner. The mountains in the north...

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