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Ben has started school now and whilst it's tiring for him, he seems to enjoy it a lot. Late November sees three trips to Great Ormond Street – lots of tests and an endoscope/colonoscope. Thereafter we'll have a better impression of what the next stage is for him. He's coped well being nil-by-mouth since January, hopefully they can re-introduce feeds before too long.

Izzy is enjoying her 2nd year at school. She was very patient and good whilst we were away at the hospital and was looked after by her Nana and Grandad, who are a tremendous support for us.

I became a grandfather on 30th December to Evie Taylor, daughter of Hannah and Simon. She’s gorgeous!

Blake’s new album ‘Together’ was released in October 2009. I arranged and conducted it all in Prague. About to commence arrangements for Duc Tuan – big singing star in Vietnam and very much looking forward to going there twice this year to conduct concerts for him. His new album will be recorded in Prague later this year.

Pressure of time has forced me to wind up the Castle Hedingham Music Festival after five successful years. Hopefully we’ll be able to produce the odd ‘one-off’ concert in the village from time to time.