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Conductivity

"I do a bit in the garden. I do a lot of knitting. I read as many books as I can". No, not me, it's the wonderful Sir Colin Davis!

15 May 2008 in Music | Permalink

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What a sensible chap.

Posted by: Sussex Yorkie | 15 May 2008 at 10:12 AM

I might have said that! I like to think that real men knit :)
I'd like to read along on Book Thief if I may, even though I'm not a member of the club. TJ

Posted by: TJ | 15 May 2008 at 02:54 PM

And in between the gardening and the knitting, he occasionally conducts world-famous orchestras ...

Posted by: Margaret Powling | 15 May 2008 at 03:16 PM

On being asked once in rehearsal (at which I was present) how he "relaxed" at home, the reply was "Making babies and planting trees".

Posted by: Curzon Tussaud | 16 May 2008 at 08:26 AM

What a wonderful man he must be ... and I think I've been being a bit slow to notice, but you've changed your cornflower photograph haven't you? And it's absolutely beautiful.

Posted by: Angela Young | 16 May 2008 at 10:38 AM

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