“I’ll Fly Away” is a hymn written in 1929 by Albert E. Brumley and published in 1932 by the Hartford Music company in a collection titled Wonderful Message. Brumley’s writing was influenced by the 1924 secular ballad ‘The Prisioners Song’. “I’ll Fly Away” has been called the most recorded gospel song and it is frequently […]
The Jeeves & Wooster Theme
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy drama television series adapted by CliveExton from P.G.Wodehouse’s “Jeeves” stories. The series was a collaboration between Brian Eastman and Granada Television. It aired on the ITV network from 22 April 1990 to 20 June 1993, with the last series nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Series. Set […]
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. In 1935, Davis received his first trumpet as a gift from John Eubanks, a friend of his father. He took lessons from “the biggest influence on […]
Musica Piccolino
Musica Piccolino is an innovative Japanese edutainment TV show which is designed to help children helps children to visualize and respond physically to musical sound by taking its basic mechanisms and weaving them into a story. It takes place within the imaginary world of Musicamundo, where Monstoro, a monster suffering from amnesia, performs music. The […]
The Accidental Death of An Anarchist
Today, a favourite of mine. In these days of fake news and conspiracy theories Dario Fo poses the questions: ‘Will society ever be free of corrupt and incompetent politicians, the fascists and their false flag view of the world?’ Today is Groundhog Day, a day of repetition if you have seen the movie, but also […]
‘The Sermon’
The sermon is a strange beast, being as it is, a monologue during which the preacher traditionally stands six feet above contradiction. As such it has become the vehicle of much comic parody. As so I thought for this Sunday I would share with you the best of these parodies because as preachers we need […]
Sun Quan The Emperor
Sun Quan (182 – 252), formally known as Emperor Da of Wu (literally “Great Emperor of Wu”), was the founder of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdomsperiod. He inherited control of the warlord regime established by his elder brother, Sun Ce, in 200. He declared formal independence and ruled from 222 to […]
Music Inspired by Tolkien
Today is the 99th Anniversary of the birth of J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and many other works. His works have served as the inspiration to painters, musicians, film-makers and writers, to such an extent that he is sometimes seen as the “father” of the entire genre of […]
The Flint Street Nativity
For our first Christmas Day blog, I thought that you might enjoy a remembrance of all those primary school nativities that are always such a part of the modern celebration of Christmas. The Flint Street Nativity from 1999 (a kinder gentler time!) directed by Marcus Mortimer, written by Tim Firth, and showcasing a host of […]
Hallelujah – Best Version?
Another in our occasional series of post where I offer you a variety of versions of a well know piece of music and ask you to choose your favourite. Today we listening to “Hallelujah” a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). “Hallelujah”, in its original version, […]