On not being on the radio

A lovely radio producer, whom I shall call Julian, emailed me to ask if I would like to talk on … More

Reasons to be cheerful

Ok, so it was a terrible week. But in other news, not such a bad one. My friend Katherine sent … More

Harold Budd, May 24, 1936 – December 8, 2020 I am reposting this piece today in memory of Harold Budd, … More

This is the time of year when I traditionally think of Nick. Nick lived with us in our house in … More

Dear Mark I am sorry it has taken so long to getting round to writing to you, not least because … More

Tonight at 9.00 pm Pooka Radio continue to assist me in fulfilling my lifelong ambition to become a DJ by … More

I first heard the music of Susumu Yokota in the flat of my friends Luke and Caroline, sometime in the … More

When I began to recover from my treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2006 this lovely article about Nick Drake’s Northern … More