An amazing trip to Suffolk as Julie, Lisa, Ben and I drove to Beccles Airfield to support Lisa in her skydive over the East Anglian countryside.
Tag: Events
Southbank concert
A very pleasant evening in the company of photographer Jonathan Stewart as we attended Queen Elizabeth Hall on London’s Southbank to enjoy a concert by singer/writer Shawn Colvin and UK rising star, Liverpudlian Robert Vincent.
MU summer event
I collected a transit-style van from Europcar in Clapham Road at ten o’clock this morning so that my colleague Jane Austin and I could load and deliver the party items required for the MU Summer Party to the Windmill pub on Clapham Common.
Wigmore Hall
I was kindly invited this afternoon by Victoria Bevan, of PR company Albion Media, to attend a very, very special event at London’s Wigmore Hall this afternoon, featuring speaker Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, her son Raphael Wallfisch (cello) and John York (piano).
Haslemere Festival
A busy few days on and around the weekend. Friday evening saw Julie, Ben and I attend the Langley Park Boys cricket end-of-season awards BBQ event, while Ben trained at Oak Lodge with Beckenham Town Juniors FC on Saturday morning.
MPA Summer Party
An entertaining evening courtesy of the Music Publishers’ Association Summer Party, which this year took place in the Battlebridge Room & Terrace at Kings Place in York Way, close to the trade body’s office in Pancras Square.
Labour Live
The Labour Party organised this event and promised “a festival of political ideas, with music, art, workshops and conversations.” I arranged for the MU to sponsor the headline act on the second ‘Solidarity’ stage and booked the marvellous She Drew the Gun from Liverpool.
UK Music Party
Horace Trubridge, Dave Webster, Maddy Radcliff and I represented the MU at the annual UK Music summer event this evening, although on this occasion the venue was the 9th floor in City Hall overlooking Tower Bridge, rather than the gathering’s usual home on the Terrace at the House of Commons.
Ealing Club
I attended a screening this evening of ‘Surburban Steps to Rockland – The Story of the Ealing Club’ in the Macmillan Room at Portcullis House, Westminster, at the invitation of the ‘APPG on Music’ and Rupa Huq MP.
Kent v Glos
A wonderfully relaxed Sunday at the Kent County cricket ground in Beckenham, as an in-form Kent eleven won a high scoring match against Gloucestershire in the Royal London Cup.
England v Nigeria
Ben and I met up with Peter Brown at the England fans’ haunt The Green Man in Wembley’s Dagmar Avenue this afternoon, ahead of England’s pre-World Cup friendly against Nigeria.
Charity golf day
Another cracking day in the summer sunshine at Cumberwell Park GC in Wiltshire at the charity golf fundraiser arranged by Neil and Sarah Davies in aid of Dorothy House Hospice Care and the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group.
Emily Barker
After a productive day working on the summer 2018 issue of The Musician magazine with the Future Fusion publishing team at Quay House, I accompanied Account Manager David Parker and Consultant Editor Neil Crossley to The Forum.
Hyde Park rally
Following the success of the previous TUC rallies in Hyde Park, I was asked by the organisation’s events team to arrange three artists to perform on their stage near Marble Arch this afternoon during their latest major central London event.
Canterbury day
A wonderful day at Kent County Cricket’s Canterbury ground, as my son Ben was match mascot for the day as Kent faced the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy winners Pakistan in the opening fixture of their visit to these shores.
Bletchingley GC
Glorious sunshine greeted the spring gathering of the Four Seasons Society at Bletchingley Golf Club today as a dozen players battled to win the first trophy of the year.
Remembering Wendy
Following the passing away of my elder sister Wendy in Johannesburg last summer, the family agreed to celebrate her life amongst relatives and friends in London. Wendy always expressed her love for Highgate and Hampstead and it was thought ideal that we mark her memory in the area.
Hard Rock Cafe
I dropped into the Hard Rock Cafe in London’s Mayfair this evening at the kind invitation of Ray Jones and Laura Westcott who were keen I learnt about their new live agency Talentbanq.
Bond in Motion
My long-term friend Mark Batchelor kindly let me know about this evening’s special event at the London Film Museum ‘Bond in Motion’ collection, where Edith Bowman was to conduct a landmark interview with the legendary duo of soundtrack composer David Arnold and inspirational lyricist Don Black.
Canterbury GC
A very enjoyable day in the company of Kent County Cricket Club at their annual charity golf day at Canterbury Golf Club.
Bass Guitar Show
I met up with Musicians’ Union activist Amy Doyley and photographer Jonathan Stewart this afternoon at the London Bass Guitar Show, where I had arranged with organisers Future plc for the Union to sponsor, for the first time, both the main stage and the masterclass room.
New Bingley Hall
My long-term friendship and working relationship with show organiser Jason Hunt, means I am kept in touch with event-related news from the Midlands.
Education Expo
The team from exhibition experts ProMedia collected several storage boxes of MU merchandise from the Union’s offices in the Oval this morning, whilst on their way to installing our stand at this year’s Music & Drama Education Expo at Olympia.
