I stumbled across Eden Shadow on Google a few months ago and after listening to a few of their tracks I felt compelled to get in touch. The music they play is right up my street, almost more than I can explain. It reminded me immediately of Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater, both of which, it turns out, are rather big sources of inspiration of them.

So a few weeks later I went off to meet Ryan, Alex and Tom for breakfast, followed by an afternoon in the studio for some promo shots. Three really great guys and we had a heap of fun.

Here are my faves from the session:

If you like your progressive rock music, go check them out !

Last week I had the pleasure of joining Surrey’s very own domestic goddess, Fiona Humberstone, for a morning of culinary culture. A small group of friends gathered in Fiona’s kitchen in aid of a charity fundraising morning, for the Raleigh School Falcon Wing Appeal. Their aim is to raise a whopping £100,000 by July 2012, and the campaign has been launched to urgently raise new funds for new classrooms.

We made a whole host of scrummy delights, none of which were good for the waistline – but, hey, who cares?! I also took my trusty new camera to record the morning’s fun, so here is the story of the morning, from my point of view …

This is just very Fiona – cookery books, style and colours galore.

We made marshmallow, from scratch!

And chocolate bark thingy …

Nana’s crunchie oatcakes…

And, yes Fi, heavenly Chocolate Brownies !

A fantastic morning with friends, all for a good cause – more details of the appeal can be found at the Raleigh School Falcon Wing Appeal website.