Recording the new album 16 August 2018
We recorded the first Avian album at Whitehouse Studios (Reading) earlier this year. It was a mighty fine effort…we set out to record 3 tracks but ended up doing 8… …
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Reading Fringe festival – Climate Symposium 27 July 2018
CLIMATE SYMPOSIUM: “A WORLD WITHOUT…..” This Friday, 27th July – 1pm – I’m very excited to be joining Fiona Talkington (BBC Radio 3 presenter and festival curator), and 3 other …
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A new album brewing 7 July 2018
Just back from a fun afternoon, playing at the Enchanted Market. It was nice to play an acoustic set. I have many happy memories of being on that scene as …
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Holding page as RCCP Chair 30 April 2018
In late April 2018 I was delighted to be voted in as Chair of the Reading Climate Change Partnership (RCCP). I’ll be serving for the next couple of years. And …
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Always the falling kind 24 February 2018
This is us playing Always the falling kind on the 8th December 2017, when we supported Spriggan Mist at their album launch. Big thanks to David Sage for filming us …
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Avian supporting Spriggan Mist 8 December 2017
We’re very excited to be supporting Spriggan Mist on Friday 8th December. It’s been fun crafting this latest set of songs…hoping that everyone enjoys listening and has a cracking evening, …
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UK Emission Targets 21 October 2017
The UK has lead the world by setting strong greenhouse gas reduction targets. Emissions since the 1990 baseline are shown to be encouraging: we have already exceeded our Kyoto Protocol target, by twice as much as the required 12.5%. The cuts have been most effective in gases like methane and nitrous oxide. Carbon dioxide emissions have reduced by one-tenth but we now have a big challenge to bring this down to meet our mid-century targets.
Extreme Events and Climate Change presentation 9 April 2016
The aim of the presentation is to help explain the link between Extreme Events, which can dramatically affect our lives, and Climate Change, which may seem less urgent and is often talked about as rather abstract changes in global average temperatures.
Reading Climate Forum 1 March 2016
The Reading Climate Forum talks are a joint endeavour between the Reading Climate Action Network (RCAN) and the Greater Reading Environment Network (GREN).
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