Walking In The Air | from The Glass Age Diaries | February 6 2024

Walking In The Air | from The Glass Age Diaries | February 6 2024

Taiga woke up seething, as despite there being snow on the ground, school remains open today in Minatomirai. He’d gone to bed optimistic, with snow forecast overnight and the school putting out an emergency message that it ‘might’ cancel. But at around 6am they sent a...

Sleep Is Where It All Starts | from The Glass Age Diary | FEB 3 2024

And just like that… everything was fine again. All because I slept for twelve hours last night. I struggle with sleep here. Part of it is the time difference, we are nine hours ahead of the UK and so I’ll often be up late engaged in zoom calls. That stuff is going...
Rouse Ye Women – International Women’s Day

Rouse Ye Women – International Women’s Day

When I wrote the song Rouse Ye Women about the Cradley Heath Chainmakers’ strike, I knew it needed a singer of super strength and spirit to sing it. I was so pleased when Elizabeth J. Birch accepted my invitation and delivered a powerful and emotive vocal...