How Krishna ended up on George Harrison’s biggest hit, BBC R4
50 years on from the release of George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord’, I spoke to the now 79 year-old Hare Krishna member who first introduced the Beatles to their philosophy and enabled the Hindu divine form of Krishna to find a place on Harrison’s biggest hit. It was a piece for BBC Radio 4’s Sunday Programme, you can read more here.
Talking grief and loss over ice-cream, BBC R4
You might not consider a major music festival as the ideal place to discuss grief and loss – but that’s exactly what artist Annie Nicholson is doing. She’s touring the UK throughout summer 2021 in a brightly-coloured ice-cream van encouraging people to talk about the psychological impact of the pandemic in less formal spaces. I recorded with her for BBC Radio 4 at the Latitude festival in Suffolk.
Prayer for the Day, BBC R4
Occasionally I write reflections for BBC Radio 4’s ‘Prayer for the Day’. You can read some of them here.