One revelation in last week’s Oprah Winfrey interview with the Runaway Royals was so startling that even I, who doesn’t give much of damn for any of them, was rather intrigued. It was claimed by Prince Harry that what is known as ‘the royal household’ not only briefed against them, but was in cahoots with… Continue reading Snarky, sanctimonious and and always off the record – the British establishment is at work
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A horrible, haunting murder has this week prompted the usual hand-wringing on news programmes and online. Why should women take responsibility for their own safety? Is there something intrinsically wrong with men? Or sentencing? Or the police? Or the press? To me, it is very odd that the one group never brought into the argument… Continue reading Femjep and murder – when will TV begin to see the connection?
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It was in January 1985 when with my son Xan, who was seven at the time, I first entered the Loftus Road Stadium in west London. Neither of us had been to a proper, professional football match before, but Xan had become obsessed by our local team Queens Park Rangers and, since they played 15… Continue reading THANK YOU TO MY TEAM – 35 YEARS OF FANDOM IN A SONG
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In the latest edition of The Living Tradition magazine, Simon Haines has written a profile of me to tie in with the release of the new CD Playing For Time. You can read it here: LT_Issue135_Terence Blacker
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Surprisingly few songwriters have a natural ability to convey warmth. Performers can do it, and composers can turn it on when the lyric requires, but only now and then does one come across a songwriter who can put a smile on your face within a couple of bars. Hoagy Carmichael had it, as did Fats… Continue reading FRIDAY SONG: JOHN SEBASTIAN, NASHVILLE CATS (1966)
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