I grew up in the outskirts of London, and have been visiting central London regularly for nearly 20 years. While I don’t know my way...

The relentless gentrification of London is something that makes me really angry: the way in which property prices are becoming completely...

A few years ago I saw a brilliant exhibition at the Barbican called Everything Was Moving. It was a photography show, highlighting the...

“Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.” Tom Waits...

My top 5 songs by Bob Dylan, in no particular order: Obviously 5 Believers, Most of the Time, Simple Twist of Fate, Moonlight, and Cold...

The other day my parents found a short essay I’d written in primary school about how excited I was about learning to play clarinet. I...

I started playing guitar when I was about 15 years old. My first teacher, Ms Kidd, taught me how to play basic things like Greensleeves....

In September 2012, I went on a train journey across the US with my friend Louise. We started in New York, and travelled to San Francisco,...

Many of my favourite songs were released in the 1960s. Nina Simone’s I Put A Spell On You. Beach Boys’ God Only Knows. Dusty...

I spend quite a lot of time outside work playing music: singing, writing songs, recordings songs, playing gigs. When I'm at home, I...