20th September 2018. I’ve been working for several hours at a time on Threnody this week. It’s been tricky … I just don’t seem to be able...

10th August 2018. Today I really had to drag myself back to Refuge. And once I had done I felt like I should just give up on it....

9th August 2018. Working on ‘Refuge’ today and ‘As We Await’ yesterday. This week has been both a trial and a reward. I’ve had the time...

27th July 2018. When you’ve spent your whole life going in the same direction as the majority, it never occurs to you to look, see and...

28th January 2018. It seems to make sense to start with the image that keeps coming back to me these last few days. We are in the living...

6th January 2018. Stating a preference when looking for something might sometimes save you time in finding what you think you want, but...

2nd January 2018. The end of 2017 was a bad time for me. The ghosts, the night-demons, the self-gnawing destroyers were out for me. I had...

27th December 2017. I couldn’t sleep after 5.20 am. I woke up thinking about something I’d said to Radu yesterday – basic stuff about...

12th October 2017. Dear and most cherished friends and co-workers in employed positions in the arts and education, I’m writing this to...

30th July 2017. Tired of the snobbery. Tired of having to negotiate decent wages and working conditions on every new job. Tired of...

24th July 2017. It's to do with the way things change - slowly - sometimes imperceptibly and then sometimes apparently suddenly. How...

21st February 2017. I’ve been thinking these last few days how sometimes the way I approach making sound / music is like gardening. The...

16th November 2016. Getting more and more pissed-off with the accusation that anyone on the left who uses social media is living in a...

29th October 2016. Bored Now It’s interesting, isn’t it, how we get bored of unpleasant things? How empathy only lasts for a while. We...

21st October 2016. This story may seem a little melodramatic, written a little too large... but I can guarantee it is simply true. The...

20th October 2016. 'Good news. This is the last time I'll be in. I'm signing off. I start work on Monday.' 'Congratulations. That's great...

19th October 2016. 'Well I'm afraid this demonstrates a pattern of unemployment at this time of year that you should have taken into...

18th October 2016. 'Oh we're not signing-on officers anymore, we're 'Jobsearch Coaches.' 'Oh right - did they give you some coaching...

17th October 2016. If anyone thinks this story or the story from the film 'I Daniel Blake' is exaggerated or uncommon, think again. I've...

17th May 2016. Louange à L'éternité de Saint Erik Upon this 150th anniversary of thy birth All praise to thee Saint Erik Patron of the...