My friend Brian – you know, Brian out of UB40 (namedrop, namedrop) – just popped over to give me an original piece of his artwork that I’d admired at an exhibition of his but could not possibly have afforded. It’s based on Concierto de Aranjuez from Miles Davis’s Sketches of Spain album. Unbelievably generous of [...]
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Lunch with my mentor 5
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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