The organist librarian

 Thursday SMITF, Blackfriars, SLIFG talk on Hildegard by June Boyce-Tillman and committee meeting. Canon Roy Trick on Anglo-Catholics in C of E. Read The Tablet in the garden. Olympics swimming. Music list done. GCCM change of name to Laudato Si' movement - not overly impressed!  Woke early so did notes for 40th anniversary celebrations. Mike Quirke has done some fine work. SMITF Blackfriars athletics at Olympics and womens rugby 7s. Liz to get sticks for garden and to Post Office collected sharpened items from Addiscombe. Put in insurance claim for £70 cover on hire car. Liz had taken the booklet out of the car. Recorded remaining 3 items for SSG. I sound awful! Lovely quartet from St Edmundsbury cathedral. Watched Self care in a time of climate emergency excellent. Prommers zoom. First night there are Prommers! Serenade to music - did not like the soprano. Daniel Hyde played the Poulenc. Inspired choices. The new Macmillan When soft voices die is a masterpiece. Sibelius 2 we...

 NHS hidden history of racism truly shocking. SMITF, Blackfriars, did exercises in the garden. It's hot! To dentist (they rang this morning) filling and hygienist in November. St Edmundsbury cathedral recital Rachmaninoff, Finzi. Mick. Southwark group was great. Thomas Trotter playing Durufle and Laloux at King's. Year 6 assembly lovely. Ashley Grote playing at Norwich. Composed letter to Vatican about transport. Saturday super Nazareth boat ride on the Thames with Matthew Carter formerly of CAFOD from Kingston to Hampton Court. Loreto centre Sean Ryan on Paul excellent. Part of the Southwark ordination - nice music. Dinner which I cooked in garden. Liz did planting. Call my agent.  Very hot! I woke up early and set off for church and got there at 8.30 only to find my keys were at home so waited for Carol to let me in. Result practice for 20 minutes instead of the hoped for hour! We practised the Greening Gloria and Shrine Mass II for next week and there was a cheer from the c...

Thursday after breakfast to Arundel cathedral. 16 came and Elizabeth Stratford welcomed us and played. I did not play but everybody enjoyed it. The two 16 year olds on their first visit with us were impressive. A good lunch at St Mary's Gate Inn - I had fish and chips. Sarah and Henry Plumbley welcomed us at St Nicholas which is the only church which is part Catholic, part Anglican.  The organ has a sweet tone. I1 played Andrew Moore. Jonathan played Vierne and Guilmant. We left about 5 and got petrol which was 150! Another lovely meal although I was sleepy. Friday set off at 10 and to Nymans - a lovely walk and we had coffee. Home by 1.30. Surprised that Dennis had not set alarm. Annoyed by 2 letters from Hastings insurance offering a hire car. Why? Watched Wimbledon men's semifinals. Excellent recital by Matthew Foster at St Edmundsbury. Rosemary Hill on Pugin for churches trust. Tommy's anthem sung at SMITF. Capriccio from the Met with Renee and Sarah Connolly conducted ...

 The music today was Saint-Saens whose centenary of death it is. The Swan and Symphony No.3. We sang Christ has no body but yours Ogden and The Call RVW. It was amazing it sounds as good as it does as choir practice was interrupted with the news that somebody had driven into the back of my car parked outside the front entrance. Several people saw it! The car is due for service tomorrow so let's hope the dent in the boot is all there is to worry about. Fortunately 2 of the servers were crossing the road and stopped the young lady who waited. I will ring her later. I could have done without this 10 minutes before the service! Lots of rain today. I was watching Bill Oddie's top 10 birds and top 10 hates and surprisingly the beautiful swan is not liked! They can be very aggressive. Watched second half of Andrea Chenier. Spoke to Paul Courtney's father and he agreed to pay for the damage as she has a £600 excess on insurance. Carole confirmed she came round the corner too fast a...