Notes to self
Ouroboros by Maggie Nicols, Pete Stacey and me, is an example of musical cadavre exquis. Thought for the day: In times of extreme, extremists win and moderates in the middle…
All about ageing, senescence and death
The website upgrade has finally reached the page that deals with the longtime focus of my research interests, namely how and why plants senesce and what, if anything, this tells…
The Splendid Splice – some thoughts about music in crisis
2020 is turning out to be the dawning of the Age of Isolation. Musicians who perform and teach are having a tough time. Music is traditionally a social activity, but…
Citation style
Every journal seems to have its own format for citing references, mostly a variant of one or other of the Big 5. They are all, to a greater or lesser…