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My Blog
The Tragedy of Shylock in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice
The excellent historie of the Merchaunte of Venyse!
Beethoven's Eroica and Me
The Eroica was the first piece of music which really got through to my uncertain, adolescent self.
Inkwell Serenade
Dedicated to the memory of my oldest friend, Tony Smith (Sept 1944 - Dec 2022).
Memories of a place: Salthouse Norfolk
Holt is still my ‘place to go to’ in Norfolk, and I have grown to know and love the north Norfolk coastline.
Myasthenia nearly killed me
In January 2019, Myasthenia nearly killed me, and one day in the future, it probably will.
Covid-19: a brush with death
I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to all the staff at Kings College Hospital London, without whose care I would not be here today.
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