Alison Moyet @ Cliffs Pavilion…

Last night Stuart, Angie, Kevin and I went to see the marvellous @alisonmoyetofficial perform her homecoming show at Cliffs Pavilion in glitzy Southend.

It was a largely electronic set, dovetailing tracks from her first two Yazoo albums (Upstairs at Eric’s and You and Me Both) with songs from her recent solo albums the minutes and Other.

La Moyet was in fabulous form: funny, self-effacing and defiant.

Her voice moved majestically from a quiet, chilling whisper to soaring, thunderous, room-filling wonderment. 

I had chills during Winter Kills. “Tear at me searching for weaker seams…”

What a star.

The full setlist:

Alive

Bad Connection (Yazoo song)

Ode to Boy (Yazoo song)

Nobody's Diary (Yazoo song)

Mr. Blue (Yazoo song)

I Germinate

Changeling

Midnight (Yazoo song)

Lover, Go

Winter Kills (Yazoo song)

Filigree

Anyone (Yazoo song)

Other

State Farm (Yazoo song)

Beautiful Gun

Right as Rain

Only You (Yazoo song)

In My Room (Yazoo song)

Encore:

Situation (Yazoo song)

Goodbye 70's (Yazoo song)

Don't Go (Yazoo song)

#AlisonMoyet #Yazoo #CliffsPavilion #SouthendOnSea #TheMinutes #Other

Aunty Dinny…

Myrtle, Simon, Joanna and I all went to see Aunty Dinny yesterday in Barnes.  She was in fine fettle. And told me some funny stuff about my ‘wicked’ grandmother that I didn’t know. So we had a giggle. 90-year-olds have no fear.

ABBA Voyage…

Last night Marcus and I went to the abbasolutely amazing @abbavoyage show in London’s glitzy Pudding Mill Lane. A concert like no other. Hit after hit. We sang, we danced, we laughed, we hugged. Just an amazing spectacle.

And the Swedish cartoons were in fine fettle 🤣

Before the fun kicked off, we both splashed out on the Oceanbird Lounge (£99) for bottomless booze and food. Needless to say, we caned it. Two for the price of one. 🤣

#ABBAVoyage #ABBA #OceanbirdLounge #DancingQueens

Martin Guerre @oldvictheatre…

Last night Stuart and I went to see Martin Guerre at The Old Vic in London’s glitzy Waterloo. A reimagining so radical it still can’t rescue this lame duck of a musical. The folk inflections are all very well, but a little musical surgery cannot disguise the underlying problems. From the creators of Les Misérables? Les Mis it ain’t.

⭐️⭐️

#MartinGuerre #TheOldVic #Theatre #LondonTheatre

Highbury Quince Jelly 2026…

It’s that time of year again. First batch of Highbury homemade quince jelly boiled, filtered, sweetened, tasted, jarred up, and labelled. 

Goes well with the sloe gin!

#Foraging #Homemade #AutumnHarvest #QuinceJelly 

Highbury Sloe Gin 2026…

It’s that time of year again. First batch of Highbury homemade sloe gin decanted, filtered, sweetened, tasted, & bottled. Second batch infusing. Nice pink colour. Tastes magnificent, if I say so myself. Hic!  😉🤪   

And Stuart’s excellent quince jelly was jarred up too.

#Foraging #Homemade #AutumnHarvest #SloeGin #DontSampleTheGoodsAndExpectToStillStandUpAfterwards