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Shuffle: The joy of repetition
As you should know by now if you have been following this column, whatever I write is inspired by whatever comes up on my iPod in shuffle mode. This week I was minded to interrupt the […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 21
Oh I do love to be beside the seaside….. What is it about stepping out onto a shingle strewn piece of unfertile land and staring at a muddy, expanse of water that is so redemptive? You […]
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Cajun Corner – Feufollet
From Child Prodigies to a Band on Fire! Feufollet are a young Cajun band, hailing from Lafayette, Louisiana. They represent the newer generation of Cajun musicians keeping this great music alive. They take Cajun, Honky Tonk, […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 20
Never have so many students been assessed and teachers marked so much – roll on the weekend! The horrors of the pandemic notwithstanding, our Yr 11s and Yr 13s have really had a grim time of […]
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Shuffle: Is Robert Pollard is rock music’s Picasso?
After visiting a Picasso exhibition my friend said ‘I didn’t realise he could actually draw’. What she meant by this was that, to her, drawing and painting is a naturalistic representation of the world; she mistook […]