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Fix Bay-Knits & Hit The Field!
It was lovely to be back playing in a field at The Gathering (Good Times N Tha) down in Devon. We played late afternoon on a sunny...
Grae Wall
May 123 min read


Bobbing Along Through Stormy Seas!
Let’s get the downers out of the way first. A shaky start to the year for sure. Losing David Johansen and Brian James in the space of a...
Grae Wall
Mar 213 min read


A Glühwein in No Man’s Land!
When you are a kid, a year represents a small fraction of your upcoming lifetime, or so you hope. At sixty-two, and with a recent history...
Grae Wall
Dec 22, 20243 min read
The Wild Wild Ouest
S.A.D. kicked in around mid-September this year. I start falling asleep in front of the telly and can spend the first hour of the day...
Grae Wall
Oct 9, 20243 min read


Donald...Duck!
Harold Wilson once quipped that a week is a long time in politics, and no truer example has there ever been than the last week of US...
Grae Wall
Jul 25, 20244 min read


Meanwhile, Back at the Dark Castle…
27/04/2024 I’m walking through town and catch my reflection in a shop window, black coat, Breton jumper, black cap. Hollow cheeks and a...
Grae Wall
May 2, 20245 min read


Tolling Bells, Feral Cats & Broken Strings!
These chapters end and leave us bereft. We tell ourselves and each other that it was a blessing, there was surely only suffering ahead,...
Grae Wall
Apr 4, 20245 min read


Born in '62!
I was born in 1962 which means this year I will turn 62. I’m thinking I may get a new tattoo. Apparently, in numerology, the number 62 is...
Grae Wall
Jan 11, 20243 min read


One Year AC
So, it’s been a year since I entered the dark castle of Watford General Hospital to dispose of my cancerous kidney. I remember it being...
Grae Wall
Oct 10, 20234 min read


There May Be Trouble Ahead...
I know I can find myself being uncompromisingly honest on occasion and then reprimanding myself the following day. Maybe I shouldn’t...
Grae Wall
Aug 2, 20233 min read


Walking With Ghosts!
I popped over to Welwyn Garden City today – just fancied a different Sainsburys in a different town. The sun was shining, and I hadn’t...
Grae Wall
Jun 2, 20233 min read


Escape to Darnius!
I see these people – same generation as me – who’s hearts were first captured by Glam Rock, who idolised Bowie, Iggy, Lou, Marc and the...
Grae Wall
Apr 10, 20233 min read


Buzz Time & That January Jazz!
Sixty-One – there it is, done and dusted, dozed off in my teens and woke up in the third age! Old guard folk-punk-poet in his senior...
Grae Wall
Feb 3, 20236 min read


The C word that doesn't rhyme with Hunt!
Once upon an April night I awoke to a terrible pain that ran from chest to abdomen and doubled me up in an excruciating knot. The...
Grae Wall
Dec 14, 202214 min read


Three Gigs, a Wedding, a Christening and a Funeral!
It’s been a strange month. You know how sometimes random things seem to be connected, like there’s some meaning to it all. It’s like...
Grae Wall
Sep 1, 20227 min read


Outside The Box - In Conversation With Mark Christopher Lee
Chatting to Mark about revolutionising the digital music industry, next highs, occasional lows and the cool, crazy world of The Pocket...
Grae Wall
Jul 5, 20227 min read


Vive La Revolution!
I have received word that my little book - The Sound of Revolution – has been accepted into the National Poetry Library. It’s a sweet...
Grae Wall
Jun 9, 20224 min read


Don’t Mention the P-Word!
So back in February I was asked to participate in a little mini documentary. My friend’s daughter is at Film School and her group were...
Grae Wall
Apr 11, 20223 min read


Not Drowning But Waving, I Think!
09/01/2022 So there I am driving from St Albans to Harpenden on a Sunday afternoon, just an ordinary day. I’m thinking about the folks...
Grae Wall
Jan 29, 20225 min read


The Quarantine Diaries
08/12/2021 So I got up early as we had a planned Tinseltown gig at The Clock Tower. These are little pop-up gigs that the Arts Team host,...
Grae Wall
Dec 18, 202112 min read
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