Genuine delight at the long awaited return to the hairdresser's salon, but also an uneasy feeling that I was being watched. Hopefully...

Another self portrait, hopefully the last one on this theme.

Just finished revamping/ overhauling the website and would appreciate any comments - positive, negative, indifferent or just plain rude....

Out today, the new edition of The Decorator magazine.

As the old saying goes, " You wait ages for a bus to come along, then two arrive together." Same with fireplaces, following on from the...

My contribution to the visual history of 2020. A painting called Reflections On A Reflection Of A Lockdown Haircut or The Scissors Of...

This mid Victorian fireplace has had a hard life having been painted over many times with one of the coats being a particularly...

Now I can regard the job as being finished.

From the outset a very difficult job, interrupted by lockdown, but now finished to everyone's relief and satisfaction. Here's a short...

So pleased and relieved that the All Hallows organist Martin Kemp was on hand to supervise the reassembly. A genuine feeling of delight...

Whilst working at the church this morning I wondered what Queen Victoria would have thought about somebody deciding to paint this Thomas...

Hi G, the escutcheon plate is painted. Thanks for the comments and encouragement, we're hoping to be able to put this 3-D jigsaw together...

Back into the church to hopefully get the job finished soon. Alex pictured with his stunning reproduction of the original appearance of...

My friend and colleague Alex Schouvaloff has just finished restoring the pipes to their former glory and they are stunning. He...

Dismantling the keyboard cover I discovered this brass plate. Queen Victoria's organ maker!

The 1850 organ. Hopefully I'll soon be in position to take on the most daunting part of this job - putting it all back together again!...

More bits delivered back to All Hallows today.

The oak woodgrain painted panels gradually being finished and re-installed like a huge 3-D jigsaw.

I've been commissioned to restore this 1850 church organ to its former glory. The organ was made by the Thomas Robson Company of St....