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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 31

October 13, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Looking forward to a week in the van Half term is coming and with it the thought of a week in the trusty van firstly alongside the Oxford canal and then onto the wilds of broadest […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 30

October 8, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Steady as she goes… Things are improving at school despite a feeling that a stable door has been shut after the horse has not only exited the building but has taken up residence in an EU […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 29

September 29, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Back on the wheel as the pandemic wreaks havoc in education. After my brush with this horrendous disease I have returned to work, in a somewhat weakened state for now, to find the problem with absenteeism […]

Sounds from the Back Bedroom

September 22, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 2

It was after all an inevitability. This weeks missive follows hot on the heels of last week’s concerns about the free for all of the return to school this September. Eagle-eyed amongst will note that the […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 28

September 15, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

After two festivals the madness begins… So we return to the fray with no restrictions and no protection other than two lateral flow tests per student before term commences. Day one I am in an assembly […]

Preview: James Taylor returns to the UK

July 15, 2026 3

Correction: The original version of this story described James Taylor as arriving in the UK next week, when as one of our readers has pointed out in the comments, he’s already played Scotland and is in […]

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow “Kept Rising”

July 15, 2026 0

Whiskey Treaty Roadshow proves that Democracy is strongest when it is diverse. It’s hard to pin down Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. They are all over the map, stylistically, and as a collective. Over the course of more […]

Live Review: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, British Airways ARC, London – 8th July 2026