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Bored of board games? Never I impulsively agreed to adopt a 35 year old VW campervan from friends; a rather hasty decision but a surprisingly one of my best ones (I’ve never been attracted to outdoor sleeping when I have perfectly good bedroom and private toilet at home). To occupy the long nights with no wifi or tv I raided my nearest charity shop for board games; Boggle, Operation, Scrabble to name a few. I quickly remembered the fun we had as a family and the lessons it taught my girls; patience, mental agility and dare I say, honesty. Kate’s article, Play Through Learning (page 18) offers many suggestions of new games so it’s worth a read. Saying that, I’m not averse to technology; it’s a godsend at times. No such thing as a free ride? Yes, there is! I was excited to receive an advert from Uber this month (page 9) whose private car hire app has revolutionised getting from A to B safely, quickly and cheaply. With a busy calendar of events this month (see What’s On pages 52,53) be sure to download the App and make the most of a free ride.

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James TW is a new singer/songwriter, tipped for big things in 2017. His YouTube videos have received millions of views and his debut single is receiving rave reviews. He caught up with Tony Wright to talk about his surprise first break and his upcoming debut album.

How are things going?

Things are going very well. I’ve just come off a long tour with Shawn Mendes and released my E.P. just before that and the reaction was lovely. So your debut single is ‘When You Love Someone’. You wrote this yourself?

I wrote this with a couple of guys actually, in America. The inspiration for the song itself came from a couple of years ago when I used to teach kids instruments to earn a bit of pocket money. There was this one boy who was eleven years old at the time and I found out that his parents were getting divorced before he knew (he didn’t know it was going to happen). I guess the first thing I thought was ‘how are they going to explain it to him in a way that he can understand and in a positive way’ and I wanted there to be a song that he could listen to that would make him feel better about what was going on.

You’re only eighteen. Your voice sounds a lot older but you’ve been doing this a long time. I love the story about when you were ten, how you ended up playing drums for your dad’s band. Is this true?

It was very true. My dad plays lead guitar in a wedding-mid-life-crisis covers band, which is cool, but when I was ten he bought a drum kit because he saw something on the news that it was good for stress – and work had not been that fun (for him). I really took to it – I really enjoyed playing the drums. Then the band had a gig and the drummer couldn’t make the show – and it was either cancel 8

or let the ten year old play. The gig went so well that I became the drummer of the wedding band for about five years.

And a couple of years later you got your first guitar?

I kind of used my dad’s guitar, he taught me a few chords, and then I used youtube to teach myself guitar and piano. When’s the album out?

I am recording a bunch of different songs in different places. You can only release your first album once, and I really want it to be at the right time – and I’m not sure when that is yet. How did you get on with the exams?

OK. One of the songs on the E.P. Is called 10K Hours and it’s about not wanting to stay at school so I can pursue music and put in all the time I want to. What are the plans for the year ahead?

Obviously I’m piecing together my new album and I’m starting to do my own headline shows, having been supporting for so long – and definitely in the next year, I’d like to release my album. There’s work to be done!

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