The thing I love most about watching Liam live (at least four times now, for me) is that you get a sense that it’s on the brink of completely falling apart at any moment. And yet it works. Incidentally, he’s not the only one with a famous dad. That’s Jimmy‘s daughter EJ Barnes on backing [...]
Categories: Music,New Zealand
Tagged: Music, New Zealand
I had a bit of a celebratory weekend. To kick off, it was Clutch’s stag party, which pretty much involved a bunch of really great people – many of whom I hadn’t met before – drinking a fair bit, joking around and talking nonsense. Today it was Stef Lewandowski’s 30th birthday, and that was celebrated [...]
Categories: Birmingham
Tagged: Birmingham, Business, mentor, Personal, streaming, Video
John Kieffer coping with the bitter cold outside Euston station I met with John Kieffer today. As of today, he’s my mentor. John’s a well-respected figure in the creative sector. He used to be the Director of Performing Arts for the British Council, and has an astonishing CV of accomplishments. I particularly like the fact [...]
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The Dawsons and Jake stroll the bitterly cold streets of Hall Green My sister Kerryn, her husband Haydn and their two boys Shay and Zac came to visit from London. We just kind of hung out – a stroll to the shops, a play on the Wii (Haydn brought theirs and has left it with [...]
Categories: Birmingham
Tagged: Birmingham, Personal
