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          <div class="message"><p>I do so love making movies! I don’t really know what I’m doing, but I trust the people I work with, and I like to think my innocence and ignorance can go a long way… hmm…</p><p>It started with my…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7604348/the-first-giant-leap">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>26<sup>th</sup> September 1969 was a Friday. I was 15 and getting ready to fail my GCSEs the following summer. Yup, I am what they call a Late Developer… always have been, always will be! I was probably playing Subbuteo…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7583073/gathering-wool-pt-3-catwalk">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>When I worked for a living, I was in a conference room one day in the autumn of 1993. The leaves outside along Millbank and the River Thames were turning rusty brown. I watched the trees quiver as I was…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7551722/gathering-wool-pt-2-cloth">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>When I finished my Long Player Listening Project a year ago, I hoped that ‘I can listen differently now, but also get back to what I love even more - making music!’</p><p>A challenge to the fates, shaking a fist…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7509680/gathering-wool-pt-1-threads">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p></p><p>I’ve had such a blast with this project, listening to an unfamiliar album or two every day, for a full year. 500 of them! Across ages, genres, prejudices and assumptions, challenging myself to listen with ‘mindfulness’ and attention.</p><p>50 or…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7332758/the-long-player-listening-project-dec-23">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I remember 2<sup>nd</sup> February 2005 well - not the whole day, nor even where I was, but simply opening the newspaper. In the Obituary section of The Guardian, on opposing pages, were two pieces about Scottish musicians rooted in…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7320697/the-long-player-listening-project-nov-23">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p></p><p>Throughout this project, with just a while to go, I’ve enjoyed the new finds most. People I didn’t know. The downside is a little frustration with not having done this before. I mean, you can quiz me about Miles Davis…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7319122/the-long-player-listening-project-oct-23">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p></p><p>I used to love The Dave Clark Five when I was a kid in the 60s. They were a Tottenham group, clean cut, in strange uber-modern sci-fi suits and collars, and for a short time they rivalled The Beatles at…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7309839/the-long-player-listening-project-sep-23">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p></p><p>Don’t you just love it when you come across an unexpected delight? Something that takes you away from your norms, but which somehow is rooted in your past, the gold standard for what you love?&nbsp;</p><p>The Ones Ahead by Beverly…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7301623/the-long-player-listening-project-aug-23">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p></p><p>Some glorious albums this month. Can't do them all justice!</p><p>Early in July I got chatting to a lecturer at the University of Manchester. We soon realised our musical taste and history was intertwined – specifically that we both love…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/7290002/the-long-player-listening-project-july-23">Read more</a></span></div>
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