Whatever else is happening in the world today let us all remember that tomorrow is Mothering Sunday, a day when we honour and thank our mums for everything they have done and continue to do for us. Of course, the current crisis means that for most of us it’s not going to be the usual …
My new album Butterfly gets released next week. After months of writing a whole new batch of songs, recording the backing tracks, traveling to Prague to record the orchestra and then weeks of wrangling up to 120 different tracks per song into a stereo mix, it’s out. Of course, that doesn’t include all the work …
Anyone who knows me well will know that I have been obsessed with the news. I could often be found listening to the news bulletins and reading online reports whilst others in the family were watching ‘Love Island’. For Christmas, my daughter even bought me an annual subscription to the ‘Economist’ so I could read …
Disclaimer ‘Most of this column is based on facts… but only as far as I understand them!’ Maldwyn Pope Feb 29th, 2020 People will often tell you that no matter how bad the night may seem the sun will always rise the next morning. You can rely on the sun to turn up every …
The thing is with you, you always think you’re right. How often have I heard that in my life? ‘The thing is’, when you have to make lots of decisions everyday you do make them based on your judgement; I mean how else are you going to make them? You just have to believe you …
I remember as a kid seeing greatness in people and it really inspired me. I would see George Best on ‘Match of the Day’ and the following morning I would be out kicking a ball on our front lawn, dropping my shoulder past the rose bushes, before hammering a shot into the top corner of …
In this world of blockbuster movies and binge worthy box sets sometimes you just don’t have the time that these types of shows demand. Sometimes all you want is 30 minutes of ‘chewing gum for the eyes’ as my dad used to call it. There are quiz show re runs, there are more programmes about …
Well, we survived it. No, I’m not talking about Brexit day, I’m sure that story has a long way to run yet, no I mean January. I always think January has the toughest job to do of any month. December is actually darker with shorter days but at least it has Christmas and the New …
I’ve just come back from a week in Prague. To be honest I had mixed emotions about returning to that city. The last time I was there was over 20 years ago. I was on a tour of Europe as the support artist to Art Garfunkel. Now that might sound glamorous, and it was an …
The great thing about the new world we live in is that because I don’t write cheques anymore I haven’t had to scribble out 2019 and replace it with 2020. In fact, I think almost everything I do and every piece of kit I own automatically knows that we are in a new year. My …
