Every now and again I visit an Hypnotherapist. His name is Peter Delves and he helps me with the “Issues” I occasionally have. I have to admit I am in two minds about Peter. Is he a top bloke? Or, has…
After a folk club gig I was having a chat with a member of the audience who asked if I would play a gig at their house one Sunday evening and how much I charged. I thought about it and said,…
Watching Italy v England Six Nations rugby match reminds me that I am proud to have Italian ancestors and I am in fact a quarter Italian. As far as I can make out my Grandad and Grandmother (mum’s mum) was…
My first full time job, at the tender age of 15, was working as a sales assistant in the Burtons Menswear store on the Parade, Leamington Spa. There I learnt to sell. If a customer came into the store to…
I always forget to breath when I first start a gig. There are so many things to think about when you are gigging. I know that breathing should come naturally but for me it isn’t so simple. I breath enough…
Steve Knightley is a Singer Songwriter based in the South West of the UK and performs both as a solo artist and as part of the duo Show Of Hands with super musician Phil Beer. If you haven’t heard of Steve…
The Brexit debate reminds me of my Great Uncle Arthur Bates who, in July 1850, had the honour of meeting Queen Victoria. As a young man Great Uncle Arthur had to leave the UK for reasons unknown and after many…
Searching Your Family Tree Is Like Searching In A Forrest, In The Dark, At Night, Without A Torch, Wearing A Blindfold. The conversation with my mum went something like this….. ME: “Mum, would you help me make my family tree? MUM:…
Louise and I recently visited Avebury Henge in Wiltshire, which must be one Britain’s truly wonderful sites. I think it is more impressive than Stonehenge because you can actually walk around the stones and touch them. Some of the stones…
I have just come down from my loft and discovered loads of old 78 records and newspapers relating to my my Great-Granddad, Corporal Arthur Bates. Arthur was a musician and performed various concerts to soldiers in the First World War….