15th December in Glasgow

Looking for something to do this Saturday 15th December? Come  along to the University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel for a special gig. I will be singing some songs alongside Belle & Sebastian's Stevie Jackson, Richard Luke, A New International and.......a Surprise Guest.

I'll be performing in aid of British Heart Disease and in honour of the late Simon Cottrell.

Tickets here.

Recent films, you say? I liked Mary Queen Of Scots, The Outlaw King and most especially The Favourite. However - this was heart-wrenching and amazing:

Best last scene of a movie that I can think of.

V. glad that Vic & Bob are on the telly. An antidote to the depressing baloney of Brexit.

In my last blog I posted a letter I got from Alex Chilton. Well, here's the letter he sent my ol' pal Joe.

I have been working on the music for "Snowmen, Bogeymen & Milkmen" - a beautiful profile of Raymond Briggs, directed by the amazing Louise Lockwood and edited by her Sancho Panza Jonathan Seale. A brilliant experience for me. Tune in at 9pm, BBC Two on 31st December.

RIP, Pete Shelley. Another life not lived long enough.  Not everyone gets to leave behind great art like this.