Inspiration: the moments that change your life

Sometimes it's the still, small voice – or sound – from years ago that has a profound effect. Sometimes it's a view of the sea, a sunrise, a gift of cake or a kind gesture by a person you hardly know…

Norway, a fjord, the middle of nowhere, taken on a trip a few years ago: one of those moments when the word ‘inspiration’ seems too workaday to cut it

I’m not talking about food. Not much, anyway… I’m talking about LIFE.

A quiet post-Easter weekend read for you; a piece that doesn’t focus on what’s in your kitchen or on your table, although food does come into it. If you’re not up for a story today, feel free to pass this newsletter on by.

Here goes…

This post is free for everyone to read or listen to (if you prefer the audio version – here it is). Thanks to everyone who supports this newsletter – you make it possible for me to carry on writing, and for that I’m so grateful…

When I was little, my mum and dad sang in a choir. It was called the Philharmonia Chorus; a throng of amateur singers from many walks of life, who sang under some of the best conductors in the world at the time – I’m talking Otto Klemperor, Carlo Maria Giulini, Riccardo Muti. There was passion involved – a lot of it.