Cheerio, 2022

What is there left to do in this… year? Did I achieve what I had set in my sights? Well, the short answer is: no. In numerous ways, 2022 has…

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Getting the bug

I had a gig last week, which has taken me a little while to write about for reasons that I shall divulge. There were about 20 people in. They were…

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Moving slowly

I have been planning to move back to London at various points over the past five years, only for stuff to get in the way. I was talking about it…

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Dropping in

I had a gig in Gloucester this week in a pub that I have driven past hundreds of times, if not thousands, over the years but had never been in…

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Drafted in late

I had an unexpected gig on Friday night. I was just finishing some work, or trying to start some, and received an email from a promoter just before 6pm to…

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Hopless

The tally I had to beat for the hops I’ve been growing this year was just 1.5 flowers, which was last year’s record. They say the first-year volumes can be…

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Covid report

I am pleased to report that I am now testing negatively for my Covid acquired at the Fringe. it is my first encounter with the disease since it forced its…

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