I am wearing contact lenses. This will be a short post as it’s hard to focus – I have a slight astigmatism which means that these lenses can’t correct fully. Also I think perhaps I may have put one in inside out… would it feel weird, or just look blurry? Though it’s [...]

I realise I didn’t ever actually get on to mentioning Labyrinth. Well, as you know there’s that scene when Sarah eats the peach given to her by Jareth via Hoggle, which sends her into a dream where she’s at a masked ball, and everyone has these amazing masks which are a sort of fusion [...]

Jersey Last weekend I took part in the International Choir Festival of Jersey, 2006 with the Cavendish Singers. CS is the chamber choir of the John Lewis Partnership Music Society, and I sing (second) bass. We also took with us members of the Cavendish Ensemble (the JLP orchestra) and gave two concerts with them [...]

I have installed a WordPress plugin to crosspost onto my LJ. For the full experience of pretty fonts and layout I would recommend viewing at blog.michaelbannister.co.uk because I’m not going to spend any time improving the LJ appearance in the foreseeable future. On the other hand, I only write drivel, and that badly, [...]

I went to a fantastic concert last night at the Barbican: Steve Reich Three movements Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Steve Reich (arr Alan Pierson) The Desert Music London Symphony Orchestra Synergy Vocals Xian Zhang conductor Once I had got over feeling nervous on behalf of the players (keeping your place in any of the works must be really hard!) I was [...]