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I bought a flight-case to take to North Carolina today. Being a fool, I bought one a size too small and will now have to take it back and ex...

Had a catch-up yak with Dubulah yesterday. I was making toast at the time, and so, it transpires, was he. He had Marmite on his. I just had ...

I am too lazy.

Just come back from the Fallendowntree on Hadley Common where I had some photos done. I hope they have come out well; I wasn't in a smil...

Through the Camden Market foodsmoke, past the East European accordion player under the damp bridge,and the sinister dark grey visiting barge...

When I was a little girl, McDad used to take me and Big Bruv to the Hancock Museum in Newcastle. There were lots of boats and mechanical thi...

I am not the voice of the lady on the tube trains.

Allan Bradbury came to play cello on some of the new tracks, fighting through my incompetent attempt at writing dots to come up with some lo...

I had surgery upon my eyelid yesterday, and will spare you the details. Suffice to say that I have to prepare a blend of pink and blue eyesh...

BINGBANGBONGBUNGDINGDANGDONGDUNG! BINGBANGBONGBUNGDINGDANGDONGDUNG! Yes, it's the Barnet campanologists ringing dem bells again! If you ...

This is a great festival- what a good atmosphere, not too many people, really easy to find your way around, not too muddy even though it was...

It was Folk in Cellar last night, such a lovely place to play. This time, instead of being singer-songwriters playing to singer-songwriters ...

I'm working in the University clearing call-centre today, but I haven't got a phone.

I've just come back from recording at Tom's, re-recording and adding some BVs to 'It Was a Bad Day'. I've put it up on M...

That support band was called Wet Dog- here's a photo of them. Their guitarist was very good, and they did lots of short punchy songs tha...