Inspiring event hosted by Libraries Connected at amazing Manchester Central Library to mark 175 years of the Public Libraries Act. Great to hear Minister Baroness Twycross call libraries ‘the purest expression of democracy in action’. They remain our brightest beacons for true ‘national renewal’.

People Watching at the O2 with fantastic Sam Fender last night

Overwhelmed by the depth and power of my late mum Amanda’s translations, having seen three of her texts performed triumphantly by ENO during just these last two months… what a rich artistic legacy and how lucky am I to be able to listen to her work so beautifully performed?!

‘The goal in all life is simply contentment… the plea ‘It is only because I have wanted so much / That I have always been found wanting’ applies to most of the characters I have ever tried to bring to life.’
The late, great James Earl Jones in Poems That Make Grown Men Cry