Sunday 25 February 7.30pm Jazz on the Plaza Café Yukari, Kew, TW9 4HJ – Chris Hodgkins – Trumpet Terence Collie – Piano Esther Ng – Double Bass

The Autumn Culture  Preview in  the New Review  in the Observer on the 1st September 2019 was disappointingly narrow in its outlook. The highlights were heavily skewed towards London and limited in the coverage of different genres of music. There were 11 mentions generally, on film, television and books with 12 mentions of art, theatre,…

Pete Allen Newsletter January 2024 Welcome to the New Year and January’s  newsletter. If you know of anyone who would like to receive the newsletter please ask them to drop me a line at allenpete886@gmail.com I will add them to the list. Wednesday 3rd January – The Conservative Club, Radway Place, Sidmouth, EX10 8TL 3 pm to 5.30 pm.  Admission  is £15 at the door,…

Joshua Reynolds when he returned from his painter’s apprenticeship in Rome picked up a copy of Samuel Johnson’s biography of Richard Savage and read it “while he was standing with his arm leaning against a chimney-piece. It seized his attention so strongly, that, not being able to lay down the book until he had finished,…

More information on the review of Arts Council England and a survey questionnaire on the ACE grants application form + comment and Darren Henley’s article in the Stage I would be grateful if you could participate in this survey. Your feedback will help The All Party Parliamentary Jazz Group submission to the Arts Council England Review. This…

John Evans 1934 – 2015 John Evans 1934 – 2015 John was born July 21st 1934 in Cardiff. He started playing clarinet at 15.  With his first band rehearsals took place in his front room at home, when their neighbour Mr Rogers couldn’t take any more he would tap on the living room window and…

In the glorious surroundings of Southwark Cathedral the politicians  nonsense of broken Britain was kicked firmly in the seat of the pants and into the Thames. The National Youth Jazz Orchestra and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain ably led by Mark Armstrong and Ben Parry produced an evening of memorable music of Duke…