I’m delighted to say that - in my portfolio of artistic activities - I have added to the second-worst paid job in the Known Universe the worst paid: I am having three poems published. Watch this space for more detail!

Baffled, humbled and delighted to have been one of the 100 shortlisted - from 10,000 plus entries - for this year's Erbacce Poetry Prize....!

Anyone else just watching the Pope's funeral for the policemen?

wonderful quote from Knausgaard: "The duty of literature is to fight fiction. It's to find a way into the world as it is..." Can music do this? Which does it best??

Blossoms.

No Easter re-listening of Parsifal is complete without this deathless scene with Klingsor's magic maidens.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXT_...

Now listening.

Beautiful April morning in London. Let the sun open and lift.

thinking about, and listening to Jonathan Harvey today: "It's for music to articulate the true nature of man in his blissful, enlightened form. No less than that should be demanded. It's a way of charm and simplicity which no verbal concepts, least of all mine, can ever encapsulate."

Homemade birthday cake.

Best laid plans.

Delicious vegan lunch and new drag name. Sticky ginger aubergine.

Watching world skating championships. Occasionally beautiful, then a weird taste abyss.

First day park yoga of the year always so beautiful and powerful. Feeling the colossal world-turning energy of spring, the energy and stretch in limbs and heart. May today inspire you. #letsgooutside #asanaalfresco #parklife #harbinger #riteofspring #dilfhorndoesyoga #sundayintheparkwithrolf

#seitanic #goulash #dilfhorncooks seitan red pepper mushrooms spinach smoked paprika lemon juice soyyogurt msg

First tunes for a while.

Feeding a cold in the warm spring light. Caraway loaf, leek and potato soup.

Proud of my returning adult piano student Miriam today: it's been a long journey, but the Baiser de l'Enfant Jésus (Messiaen Vingt Regards, no. XV) is now close to performance level. Wonderful to teach someone with so much enthusiasm and imagination.

Nice workshop with a lively group of students at @trinitylaban yesterday, where the standard seems to constantly rise! First time I’ve asked for scores and got the response Can I airdrop it to you?! #pianistsofbluesky #composersofbluesky

Sunday night focaccia and vegan salads.

Pilau of cumin, carrot and greens; fricassee of tempeh mushrooms onion oat crème fraiche lemon garlic pepper parsley tarragon etc. #vegan4eva

It’s a long time since I’ve played this beast, but it’s been fascinating to revisit with my student @_davidpalmer_ at the @guildhallschool come and here him at Milton Court 3pm on the 30th bringing all his usual commitment and flair to this wild score…

Just meditated on the sound of a fly in my ear. The perils of outdoor sits in the springtime!

Spend time today contemplating peace.

The Getty Museum. Truly a wonder of the world.

The beautiful,disturbing and weird at the Broad, LA. (It’s pronounced Brode, you TOURIST!) #karawalker #basquiat #koons #roylichtenstein

Warner bros tour and best tshirt!!

Behind the Hollywood sign.

From the Art Gallery of Auckland to fabulous LA: our 45 hour Valentine’s Day…

Leaving Auckland tomorrow and our Valentine’s Day will be 45 hours long. Where are we flying to??

While we are out in the day, the gang play two games: Stadtmusikanten and Cuddly Centipede.

Gorgeous day on Waiheke Island off Auckland.

Leaving Hobart on the only international flight of the morning. Where can we be off to??

Tasmania has been all about #richardflanagan s brilliant writing. But I found time for a first #knausgaard and WOW. what an extraordinary captivating read. Can’t wait for the rest of the series, sadly not to be found in Hobart’s bookshops!

vegan shakes at kombihobart and narrynamuseum. after getting past a volunteer doorman, Lurch/Charon - we wonder the oppressive house, replete with homilies for servants, often sent back to the @cascadesfemalefactory for correction by a George Meredith, odious purveyor of c19th gardening metaphwoarr

More Tasmanian Beauty. What a place.

More Tasmania today. Launceston’s fabulous gorge and the east coast.

Images of astonishing western wilderness Tasmania.

Grimmest of museums today in Hobart. This is also an island of appalling horrors, and quite recent too. @cascadesfemalefactory does an amazing job of addressing them and naming the infant victims on an incredibly moving wall. I’m surprised Australians don’t hate us more. #hobart #tasmania

Frogmore creek, Tasmania. Great wine and food, amazing views.

Lunch outside Hobart. Spectacular sweeping views. Our first glimpse of the awesome island beyond the city.

Australian weather. Balmy/barmy.

Used Uber for the first time today. It was OK.

Tasmania. Day 2. Violence, sadness, majesty. So much to think about at the Museum and Art Gallery: responses in wood to Richard Flanagan’s searing novels, two of which - First Person and Question 7 - I’m currently reading, and are brilliant.

first morning in Tasmania. This made me cry, especially the surprise appearance of Sculthorpe. Music can enchant, reconcile and show the way... m.youtube.com/watch?v=cLu9...

One of the best vegan meals I ever had last night in Surry Hills at @markandvinnys In Sydney. Yes, that is a vegan egg yolk.

Barangaroo walk and lunch in Balmain. Loving Sydney all over again.

Is there a travel experience that’s better value than the Manly ferry?

We made it back to Sydney. Views, coffee, amazing art.