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Jennifer Lucy Allan , April 6th, 2021 10:03 Jennifer Lucy Allan talks to the New Zealand born composer about love letters on quarter-inch tape, piano gardens and doll shops, and the physical effects of sound upon our bodies Annea Lockwood portrait by Sam Green For Ruth and Conversations 74 plus A Film About Listening make up part of the bill for this years Counterflows At Home digital festival which runs for all of April “Tell me everything…” “Yes, yes, yes… love!” This begins with ...

BBC News Published media captionHow do you avoid holiday traffic jams? Drivers are being warned of possible congestion on Good Friday as millions of cars take to the roads for the Easter bank holiday. But the RAC said fewer trips were expected than in previous years, with people remaining cautious due to the pandemic. About 600 planned engineering works are also going ahead over the weekend, according to Network Rail. The government has urged passengers to minimise rail travel over the holiday...

A PARAMEDIC who lost his battle with Covid-19 could be remembered on Southend seafront, with his own bench next to the iconic Chinnerys. Avid music lover Robbie Muir visited his favourite venue alongside partner Jo for many years - even watching the Arctic Monkeys perform for just £5 before they had their big break. Not even train disruption could stop him travelling to the town for a show, a place friends have branded as “his beloved Southend”. Mr Muir - who was from Wickford and ...

Rail services in Essex will be disrupted by engineering work on the first weekend after England’s stay-at-home order is lifted.

Rail services in Essex will be disrupted by engineering work on the first weekend after England’s stay-at-home order is lifted.

Rail services in Essex will be disrupted by engineering work on the first weekend after England’s stay-at-home order is lifted.

Rail services in Essex will be disrupted by engineering work on the first weekend after England’s stay-at-home order is lifted.

Rail services in Essex will be disrupted by engineering work on the first weekend after England’s stay-at-home order is lifted.

Rail services in Essex will be disrupted by engineering work on the first weekend after England’s stay-at-home order is lifted.

Credit: shutterstock SIR – For many years, a Conservative majority has not resulted in Conservative governments. Successive Conservative and Labour prime ministers, from John Major to the present incumbent, could have sat happily in each other’s Cabinets. With a couple of exceptions, no one in Boris Johnson’s Cabinet would have earned a place in Margaret Thatcher’s. Consensus policies of state intervention, high taxation and wasteful public spending have characterised the last 30 years....