I’m very pleased to hear this, James. Thank you – and I hope that The Actual Whole of Music will work for you too!

Thank you so much, Maggie. A smile on a reader’s face is a great outcome for a writer (as long as he doesn’t think he’s writing a tragedy!). I’ve passed on your plaudits to Henry. Great man.

Thanks very much for this, David. I appreciate your kind comments, and am glad you found the book to your liking. ‘Strangely reassuring’ is a great outcome!

We’re working on a script for the stage right now, and there’s been a certain amount of early interest in the concept. How exactly were you thinking you might get involved?…

I have just read The Ballad of Syd & Morgan …….. absolutely captivating – although more knowledgable about Syd rather than Morgan – the ambience and warmth of the writing is remarkable and strangely reassuring.

I am an architect now – but spent a long time in professional theatre (not and never as an actor it should be pointed out) – but I would love to be involved in transferring this to stage (as it absolutely should be).

And Syd, like everyone else, would have given a huge thumbs-up to your cover design for the book!

Thanks so much for this, Martin. It’s great to think that people still go into real bookshops, buy books on a whim – and it works! (And I know this seems a non sequitur, but it would help enormously to spread the word if you should feel driven to share these thoughts of yours on the Amazon page where The Ballad appears!)