Mattresses
Here’s a song I wrote a few weeks back in the middle of a freezing cold night. I hope you enjoy…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXXcoInz4KA Lyrics: At night, if I’m listening right I can hear the hearts breaking Bodies settle into mattresses Setting for what is The wanting it all to turn out right Becomes the reach to […]
Prof Christopher French
Exploding Some Myths About Hypnosis Prof Christopher C French Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit Goldsmiths, University of London Introduction Ever since the time of Mesmer, and arguably back as far as the ancient Greeks and Egyptians, various healing techniques have been used to treat ailments that bear a resemblance to what we would now […]
The Experience of Love now on Youtube
Christopher’s 5 part BBC Radio 4 series is now here for you to listen to. The Experience of Love
The Frozen Scream – original book cover found
The stage adaptation by Sarah Waters and me opens in Cardiff next month. The Frozen Scream
The Home Roadshow
The Home is going out on tour. The 48 hour long live show and the vast gaming experience of The Digital Home has been distilled down to a 30 minute feel-good experience for care home residents and staff.
The Singing Hypnotist – What About Me? – information page
So – you’re interested in The Singing Hypnotist. Perhaps you have seen the live show, heard the songs, or read Christopher’s book Overpowered. Now you want to know more… Well here is the place to get information about where you can get help to make your hypnotic experience truly personal. This resource is exclusive to this […]
Week 10 – March 7th 2014 – The Bypass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdKYVaBwM58 This is indeed a little bit country, and only a little bit rock and roll. With the added thrill of seeing the white sofa in my office. Another song about loss, I’m sorry. Written yesterday. The fact about yesterday is that is would have been my husband’s birthday. That’s what set me off thinking […]
Week 11 – 14 March 2014 – Dare Not To Worry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ_o56b–_I A challenge and an upbeat one at that. I saw the quite strange documentary about Marilyn Monroe called Love, Marilyn which uses extracts from her personal writings. Love,Marilyn This sentence jumped out at me. It’s not referred to in the film – just scanned over at the start. I thought it was a great […]
Week 12 – 21 March 2014 – Non-Petty Pilfering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJs4gIWYHSc I was commissioned by the Radio 3 programme The Verb – a cabaret of the word – to write a song for their residency at the Southbank. They asked me to celebrate 52 Fridays by going to the Poetry Library at the Southbank Centre and write a song. I went and was struck by […]
Week 13 – 28 March 2014 – Two Mornings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVquZ74jnpE I set myself the challenge to write a “love gone wrong” song. It’s about the feeling just before ending a relationship and the idea of splitting the future back into two. This is obviously a huge power ballad and should be orchestral, with soaring backing vocals and an enormous voice to do it justice, […]