Nine from ‘Nineteen

  The most popular uneasywords of 2019   Another year of blogging done. Here, in reverse order, are the most popular uneasywords posts of 2019: At number 9 is a post from November 2018 explaining how the paintings of Jack Vettriano inspired a musical theatre show: Swinging with the Singing Butler. Number 8 is also … Continue reading Nine from ‘Nineteen

Betty Thatcher

An appreciation A few rock aficionados will be familiar with the sixties / seventies / eighties group Renaissance.  Fewer still will be au fait with their reclusive, self-effacing, lyricist Betty Thatcher. The band, perhaps best known for their 1977 single Northern Lights, cited folk, classical, and jazz influences, on their musical compositions. For the uninitiated, … Continue reading Betty Thatcher