Last week Eastern Straynotes, the little band in which I play clarinet, had a couple of firsts. We were asked to play for one of the monthl...

Why become a musician? Or anything else for that matter? My father always wanted me to get a steady job; he often mentioned banking as a su...

Research, reported in the Guardian , has shown that learning an instrument at school has knock on benefits in other areas of learning. Does...

It has been said, although I can't remember by whom, that renaissance man (and presumably woman) understood his world completely. And ...

September's game of the month has moved here temporarily while I sort out my PC and try to recover several lost files, including a more ...

'Cars hiss by my window' sang Jim Morrison. It occurred to me yesterday that it must have been raining when he wrote that. It has ...

Not a 'back to school' game - you'll have to wait for September's Game of the Month for that - more of a holiday relaxation....