When the great canine in the sky was dishing out musical talent s/he stopped at my ears. Fortunately my Mom, who is a good classical fiddle player, can recognise musical talent (and its absence) in children from a very young age –  with nine kids she had plenty to practice on. So,  whilst I was […]

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My life is complete. When we were in one of the world’s great bookshops, Mollat, http://www.mollat.com in Bordeaux in September I spotted a rock’n’roll compilation of four CDs. No point in dragging that home from here, I thought – get it in the UK when we get back. In the event, it hadn’t been released […]

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