Paula's Place

Yesterday was the International Women's Day , it feels odd that over 50% of the World's population need to have a special day to ...

Summer was fabulous, not just the weather that was stunning, but I also had a fabulous, very busy time. I spent most of my working hours we...

It's that time of year when we look back at the year that has just passed, and forward to the year that's just started. Even though...

It has been quite a week, and now it seems hard to believe that it is only a week ago that I was sitting on the platform of the Royal Festi...

I feel so privileged, yesterday I spent the day with a couple of hundred of the most awesome women in the Country. I was part of an event w...

Well I have been meaning to post about WOW (Women Of the World) for a while now, but have just not been too sure how to put it. After makin...

After putting yesterday's post up I realised that I needed a label for WOW, so I have gone through and added it to the nine posts I con...

Lets get this clear from the start ~ I consider myself to be a feminist! I believe in equality of opportunity, equality of respect, equal...

This is a special week for me, this is the first week this year when I have worked five days! Yes that's right I have actually worked...

The last few days there has been a lot of fuss in and around the Transgender world about an article written by Dame Jenni Murray for the Su...

Last Sunday (Feb 19th) I played a concert with my beloved London Gay Symphony Orchestra , included in the program was Mahler's awesome ...

For the last few years I have been saying that the coolest thing I have ever done, was to play in the backing band for my daughter, it was ...

The Brass Section in rehearsal It is difficult to know where to start with the fabulousness that was my Sunday, playing with the WOW Or...

Thank you all of you who voted in my little poll, the outcome was a straight split between plain leggings and the snakeskin ones, the conse...

Sunday evening I will be playing with the WOW Orchestra at London's Festival Hall. This is a BIG EVENT , and in many ways an even bigg...

I wrote here about the problems I was having trying to work out what to wear for an upcoming concert. The Concert is this Sunday evening, ...

Interesting things that struck me over the weekend ~ Woman's Hour staff asking me what single piece of advice I would give my Daughte...

As a musician I have done, or been part of some pretty amazing things.   I worked at Expo 92 one of the greatest shows on earth, I played a...

Between work, family and music I have been very busy (so no change there then!) over the last couple of weeks.   I promise a much more co...