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Winter Music Notes 2018

Dear Thorpe Magazine Readers – 2018 is quickly evaporating as we approach yet another C…..mas – (can’t quite bring myself to spell […]

I drifted into Rome’s Basilica of Saint Cecilia on a beautifully clement February afternoon (meanwhile snow was drifting into Essex – good […]

Brrrr….it’s chilly out there! With the English winter really biting down now and the wind whipping around my hair, causing all manner […]

“The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others” Gandhi. Jingle Bells…Jingle all the way! Well, ready […]

Who would have thought that our village “Tesco Express” would be the local hub of connectivity and culture? It was whilst waiting […]

“We always need to do what we do better and with more love and commitment – and always use music to reach […]

Goodness!!…. February turned out to be one of the most creatively productive months I’ve had for YEARS! – not only did the “Tricsky […]

1pm on February 1st 2016: Thorpe-le-Soken sees a lively “Tricksy Trobairitz” (* 1) photoshoot near the WI Hall. Afterwards the jocular trio found […]

After the furore of Christmas and the full moon in Thorpe, and then the high jinks of New Year (spent gigging in Nottingham […]