The organist librarian

Up late and sorting out numerous emails. To Brook Green St Michael's on trains and underground for the recital by Jonathan Dods standing in for the player from St Martin's in the Fields. Naughtily he did not give us a programme and mentioned Bach, Demessieux and Bedard and left us naming that tune! I got Attende Domine, Ubi caritas and O sacred head right! Watched programmes on monasteries. Lots in The Tablet today. Practised Gigout and Bach on piano. Watched University challenge and The Boy in a dress, also Betjemanland.

Director of Music This is my first attempt at importing an image. The title should be Meteora monastery! We visited these amazing places on our pilgrimage in the steps of Saint Paul to Greece last year. How the monks managed to clamber up in the first place remains a mystery. Supplies are still hauled up by rope. The chapels were magnificent. All the women had to wear skirts and the men in shorts as well. Same thing happened to me years ago in Bursa in a mosque. In those days I had a beard and hair - what a sight I must have looked!