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Not Pete Atkin / Off-topic / Re: Living with leukaemia -The Guardian |
17.06.17 at 09:42 |
| Started by Kevin Cryan | Newest post by Kevin Cryan |
Clive James: ‘My wife is visiting the warmer bits of Europe before the whole shebang disintegrates’
I am jealous of her mobility, but determined to profit from being left alone with my books
Kalymnos, Greece. Photograph: Alamy
Quote: As I sit down to write, enormous events are happening outside my hideaway here in Cambridge. In Manchester and London, one terrorist attack follows another, as if each group of madmen were jealous of the attention gained by the previous one. At the time of writing, the general election has not yet occurred. No doubt, by the time you read this, everybody will be able to look back and see that the result was inevitable.
But, right now, anything could happen. Not even the furiously tweeting Donald Trump can be sure of what comes next. As his fingers blur frantically on the keyboard of his device, I must face the fact that there is a maelstrom out there, while I am in here with nothing to contemplate except my own solitude.
I am thinking of arranging a visit from my granddaughter’s dog,...
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Pete Atkin / Gigs / Return to The Pheasantry |
16.06.17 at 08:10 |
| Started by S J Birkill | Newest post by S J Birkill |
They can't get enough of him! Pete will be appearing once again at Pizza Express's Chelsea venue, again with the incomparable Simon Wallace on ivories, on Friday 18th August.
Don't miss him this time -- booking opens in a few days. Details here and on the Website, soon.
Steve
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Pete Atkin / Members / Re: John Waites |
25.05.17 at 21:06 |
| Started by S J Birkill | Newest post by Seán Kelly |
| Thanks Steve - I am very sorry to hear that. I sat next to him at the first Pheasantry gig where -as he himself mentiioned when he wrote about the gig - we bonded over a shared attempt to put out a burning napkin (his food was in severe danger of a soaking from my beer -luckily he got to it first!). A very friendly man - It is very sad news to hear that he has gone. |
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Pete Atkin / Gigs / Re: Two new gigs coming up! |
25.05.17 at 17:24 |
| Started by S J Birkill | Newest post by Pete Atkin |
I'm so, so sorry not to have been able to be at Wimborne on Sunday, but it sounds as if Ian S did superbly well, and not just in the circumstances. My unflexible trip to Portugal had been booked long before the Wimborne date was offered, so the timing was always a bit tight, but we thought - hah! - that it would all be manageable and OK.
I was booked on a 10pm easyJet flight from Porto to Bristol and arrived at the airport to news of its cancellation and the prospect, as it turned out, of four hours queueing to be recheduled. I could have taken a six hour midnight bus ride to Faro and then a flight on Sunday to Newcastle. That wouldn't have got me to Wimborne in time, of course, so we opted for a three hour midnight bus ride to Lisbon and a flight to Gatwick at 640am on Tuesday. Heigh ho.
I phoned Ian S from the airport on Saturday night in order to give him plenty of time to build up his anxiety, and spoke to him and the festival organiser again several times from my hotel in Lisbon on Sunday morning. The Skype thing seemed possible, until they discovered they couldn't get any WiFi at the Wimborne end. Anyway, there I was sitting and watching my phone for the call, but it never happened, not at my end anyway. So it goes.
I do hope that Ian and I may get another opportunity to test out our routine as we had originally planned it. It sounds as if it was in any case a good and useful way to make contact with a bunch of people who previously hadn't known about the songs at all.
Onward!
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Pete Atkin / Gigs / Re: The Pheasantry 17th March with Simon Wallace |
09.04.17 at 18:44 |
| Started by Seán Kelly | Newest post by Pete Atkin |
A belated but exceptionally large and sincere thank to everyone who came and who made such a generous audience. As you know, this was my second visit to the Pheasantry and it was particularly good to go in this time with the good experience of last November's gig, not least that the piano and the sound are so good there. I already knew, of course, what a plus it had been - and would be again - to work with Simon Wallace. An additional piece of good news for me is that they have already asked me about my availability for another one in a few months' time, so I hope to have news about a third booking before too long. Meanwhile, thank you all again. Here's to the next time.
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