Tag: office
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18 – 24 May 2026
18 May “Fuck!” I make a run for the stile as the horses pound their way downhill. I was up with the singing wren at 5:19am and out in the sunshine later. There’s a smell of woodsmoke in the air and looking down from the top of the Silent Wood I can see why. The…
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23 – 27 June 2025
Monday Sunrise: 4:44am Wind whips through the ailing trees. The tall buildings create a wind tunnel here, but when you see it, feel it, you can kid yourself that it’s really just nature, left to its own devices. The bus swerves gently to let an unmarked police van through. Discreet blue lights flash. The van’s bodywork…
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Week 25: 27 June – 2 July 2022
Monday “Alto sax? You need to bark like a dog.” Alto sax looks alarmed. Every week we try and play this piece. Are we getting any closer to nailing it? Who can tell. Only one person in the band has any idea what it should sound like and that’s the conductor. He loves it and…