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Alice's Blog
No Dragons
2021-07-30
As a new library was opening, I was invited, along with other writers, to sell paperbacks on the author’s table. Having been invited to come as my “favourite literary character” I faced reality…
Hearing a Symphony in Every Word
2021-03-08
Alice recently chatted with Howard Lovy, on the Inspirational Indie Authors podcast.
Pythons, school buses and Robert Frost
2021-02-26
I was born at a very early age, and made a very great fuss of. This was because the Korean War had only been over for about a decade, and I was the only white baby in the hospital. My
How to be a Classical Music Agony Aunt
2021-02-03
I was recently asked, in my online classical music agony aunt column, how I had attained such a lofty position, and whether I was born an agony aunt, or had been obliged to train myself in the rigorous discipline of
Social Media, Deaf Badgers and the Musician
2015-02-03
Social and media are two words capable of striking terror into many artists — musicians in particular. Everybody knows that we’re meant to promote ourselves — and our concerts — and our every group, especially our chamber groups or solos.
Classical music terms unravelled (or unRavel-ed)
2013-02-03
The terminology preferred by classical musicians is, on the whole, pretty blackly humorous. To classical music fans this may come as a surprise, as classical music’s image has never married with its reality. To the general public, orchestral players appear
