Monthly Archives: January 2008

Sinbad the Sailor

Posted on January 17, 2008 by John

I know, I know: York­shire is full of York pan­to­mime bores — from the Eff­ing­ton Young Farm­ers to the Chuff­ing­ton Girl Guides who get up a coach party every year, the whole county resounds to “Have you seen the panto … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Don’t Do It Deutsche Bahn part 2

Posted on January 13, 2008 by John

The per­ils of one’s fif­teeen seconds of fame ! You will see from the first post with this title that I was inter­viewed for a Ger­man TV sta­tion (based in Stut­tgart) for a news item they were doing about the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Fish, in case you were wondering (see below)

Posted on January 11, 2008 by John

Haven’t seen them since about end of Octo­ber — so either there are none or they will re-appear in the Spring.

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Concert Diary

Posted on January 11, 2008 by John

The autumn saw us at quite a few con­cert events so, in no par­tic­u­lar order: The effer­ves­cent Moshe’s Bagel — what energy, what great tunes, what syn­ergy between piano and fiddle in par­tic­u­lar. The stun­ning Jan Gab­arek at the Sage in … Con­tinue read­ing →

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A very long hiatus

Posted on January 11, 2008 by John

Even though I know my read­ers are few, I feel I have let you down these last six months buy not post­ing any­thing at all on this “blog”.  Reas­ons: mainly, a prob­lem with the web­site which meant I couldn’t update … Con­tinue read­ing →

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