Beautiful colours outside my window this morning.

So, it’s Halloween and north Manchester has been thrown into darkness, a power cut….or at least I hope (cue: very deep reverberant long laugh) thats what's happened…(cue: Squeaky floorboard and the sound of a quiet irregular breath behind me)….

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My friend Linda recommended this, do watch…some stuff we all know about but also a few surprises….

So it’s turning cold. As I waited on the tram station platform this evening I began to ponder the lack of whistling in the world…whatever happened to people walking along the road whistling a favourite tune? I haven’t heard anyone doing this in ages….the world may be a pretty awful place at the moment, but maybe things might feel a little better if….I want to encourage the return of whistling, so if you’re a window cleaner, postman, milkman start whistling again today…I’m going to start practising. Mind you if Roger Whittaker ever reads this, then I hope he'll ignore this plea….whistling that well is just plain annoying… Right….time for a cup of tea....     

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My regular morning walk from Manchester Victoria station to the theatre. Not a great recording, but such noise, fountains, buses, jumbo TV screens, lorries......

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Something for the Leigh on Sea dancers...look out Essex!

Bear Baiting and DNA tests...... JK one of the great thinkers of our time....:)

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