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The Record Chapter 19 – Greg Gilbert & Stacey Heale

admin Bowel Cancer, Fundraising, The Record Charity Book Comments Off 15 February 2020

Chapter 19 in The Record features my meeting with Greg Gilbert and Stacey Heale who I travelled to meet in Southampton at the end of 2018. They are two hugely inspirational people, and we talked about Greg’s stage 4 bowel cancer and his career as a musician with his band Delays, and as a wonderfully talented artist and poet. We also talked about Stacey’s life as, not just Greg’s carer, but as a former university lecturer turned newspaper columnist who helps raise awareness about bowel cancer, and gives talks about Greg’s bowel cancer and the effect it has had on her and the family.

The Record Chapter 18 – Olivia Rowlands

admin Bowel Cancer, Fundraising, The Record Charity Book Comments Off 12 February 2020

Chapter 18 of The Record features Olivia Rowlands who I chatted with at the beginning of 2019. Liv lives in St. Andrews with her husband Sam, but sadly events conspired against us, and I wasn’t able to make the trip to Scotland to meet her in person.

The Record Chapter 17 – Dafydd Wyn Farr-Jones

admin Bowel Cancer, Fundraising, The Record Charity Book Comments Off 11 February 2020

I met Dafydd Wyn Farr-Jones at the start of 2019 for Chapter 17 of The Record, my fundraising book for Bowel Cancer UK. I’ve known Daf for some years on social media, and had first met him and his partner Russell about 18 months ago in London, so it was great to catch up with them again.

The Record Chapter 15 – Lauren Backler

admin Bowel Cancer, Fundraising, The Record Charity Book Comments Off 10 February 2020

Lauren Backler’s mum died of bowel cancer in 2015 aged 56. If the bowel cancer screening age had been 50 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to match Scotland instead of being 60, her mum would have been scanned, and Lauren believes would still be alive today.

The Record Goes Past £900

admin Bowel Cancer, Fundraising, The Record Charity Book Comments Off 3 February 2020

The Record has gone past £900, and has now raised £925 for Bowel Cancer UK. The sudden surge in sales was down to my wonderful friends and fellow fans of The Alarm, who continue to support all my fundraising endeavours. I spent the weekend at The Gathering, the annual two day event when fans from

The Record Chapter 13 – Steve Clark

admin Bowel Cancer, Fundraising, The Record Charity Book Comments Off 30 January 2020

Chapter 13 in The Record features Steve Clark, who I spent a fascinating hour and a half with for the chapter in the book back in 2017. We both live in Reading, so arranging a meeting was easy, and Steve suggested The Herb Farm at Sonning Common. This was the first time I had been

Sunrise Pre-order

admin Fundraising, Love Hope Strength, Music Comments Off 26 January 2020

‘Sunrise’ the debut single from my new musical project Fields of Dawn is now available to pre-order. The track is officially released on February 7th, but all pre-orders will count towards the first week of sales. You can pre-order worldwide from all digital download stores and all proceeds raised will be donated to the Love

The Record Chapter 10 – Deborah Alsina

admin Bowel Cancer, Fundraising, The Record Charity Book Comments Off 26 January 2020

Chapter 10 of The Record features Deborah Alsina, who is the Chief Excutive of Independent Age. When we met in March 2018 Deborah was the CEO of Bowel Cancer UK.

The Record Chapter 7 – Zac Purchase-Hill

admin Bowel Cancer, Fundraising, The Record Charity Book Comments Off 22 January 2020

The gold medal theme continues in chapter 7 of The Record with Zac Purchase-Hill who won Olympic rowing gold at Beijing in 2008. There was a bowel cancer connection to this chapter as Zac’s wife Fliss lost her grandmother to bowel cancer. Zac and Fliss had very different first records – I will leave it

The Record Chapter 6 – Jeanette Chippington

admin Bowel Cancer, Fundraising, The Record Charity Book Comments Off 21 January 2020

In Chapter 6 of The Record I met Jeanette Chippington, who won gold in Rio in 2016 in the KL1 200m Paracanoeing. I have met quite a few gold medal winners on my travels, but this was the only time I actually got to touch an Olympic gold medal. I actually was fortunate enough to

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The Record Chapter 19 – Greg Gilbert & Stacey Heale

The Record Chapter 18 – Olivia Rowlands

The Record Chapter 17 – Dafydd Wyn Farr-Jones

The Record Chapter 15 – Lauren Backler

The Record Goes Past £900

The Record Chapter 13 – Steve Clark

Sunrise Pre-order

The Record Chapter 10 – Deborah Alsina

The Record Chapter 7 – Zac Purchase-Hill

The Record Chapter 6 – Jeanette Chippington

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