End of an era

At the end of the month the clocks go forward heralding the start of British Summer Time which will sadly be a little different this year. Throughout my career I have always taken the massive risk of ending something simply because I am no longer enjoying it and with this in mind I have made this decision to no longer embark on my twice a year Twitter marathon when the clocks change. I am sorry to leave this comedy trope behind as it brings a lot of enjoyment to people but part of being an entertainer is to always leave them wanting more.

For such a seemingly trivial endeavour, this actually occupies far more than a simple hourly post. Apart from the publicity during the build up, the actual effort of posting hourly is restricting on my movements. This requires an alarm to be set every hour as well as not being able to commit to anything time consuming that will potentially divert my attention. Having said that, I did manage to host my own stage for the 2018 Hockley Hustle on clock change Sunday but it did require a lot of attention. Good job I didn't drink that year.

Sunday is taken up with preparing and filming my series Vinyl Comedy Club so coordination would be difficult to maintain. I would like to apologise for not making more of this, I did consider doing a final one to bow out on.

Like David Bowie and Jim Henson, two of my creative heroes, I prefer to look forward rather then back. Although in September I will be celebrating ten years in showbusiness so there will be plenty of time for us all to look back together.

In the meantime, this is not goodbye to public life. Alongside my weekly series, I have also recently joined the Nottingham history podcast We Share These Streets as narrator. As I write this newsletter I am directing another music video and making plans for life on the other side of lockdown, (I even have my vaccine booked). Once safe to do so I will continue making episodes of The Random Sessions and finish work on two short films that I was in the middle of before we all had to stay at home. 

I will be back!

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