The promised Hertel CD-R arrived from the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles yesterday, just after today's recording had been postponed for a while. So instead I spent today at this conference, which turned out to be very useful indeed. There was even time for a pint in Tennent's Bar with John Purser, Bill Sweeney and Kevin Bowyer (who just happened to be there) on the way home.

On Thursday we had a family outing to see Wee Stories' co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland of The Emperor's New Kilt. I could happily write several paragraphs here about how great it was: easy virtuosity with a delight to please and a gentle point to make. Oh yeah, and very very funny. If it's coming to your town, do yourself and anyone else you can find a favour, and go and see it. (OK, the music could have been more interesting but at least they knew exactly how to use it.) I bet you can't guess how they employed the combination of pink rubber gloves and a kazoo.