Ian's Blog 12th April 2026

https://ianchurchward.substack.com/p/ians-blog-12th-april-2026

Ian’s Blog 5th April 2026

On Wednesday morning Elaine sang with me for the Babbacombe cliff railway centenary event at the Babbacombe Inn. We played our new song about the cliff railway and a couple of other Torquay themed songs such as Along the Seafront. The cliff railway in Torquay was opened on 1st April 1926 and in our song we mention that the mayor made the first trip down to the beach. I believe that his ticket for this ride is on display in the cliff railway visitor centre at Oddicombe beach.

Ian’s Blog 29th March 2026

Following on from my blog about the English actor Jack Anthony here is a link to information about his Richard of Shrewsbury/Perkin Warbeck film project https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/the-pretender-short-film/the-pretender---short-film

Ian’s Blog 22nd March 2026

I have started to upload my back catalogue of albums onto the Electric Stage website so that they will be available to purchase in vinyl and CD format. Here is the link to the Sunnes and Roses album on this website:- https://elasticstage.com/thelegendarytenseconds/releases/sunnes-and-roses-album

Ian’s Blog 15th March 2026

An interview with the actor Jack Anthony of Anthony-Hamilton Productions in which he tells us of his Prince Richard of Shrewsbury film project. ( not to be confused with the USA actor of the same name who was born in California ) https://ianchurchward.substack.com/p/ians-blog-15th-march-2026

Ian’s Blog 8th March 2026

Ian’s Blog 8th March 2026 Joe of Fairhaven Heating plays bass guitar in a band called The Experimental. He also fixes my boiler when it stops working. This is the link to his band’s youtube channel:- https://www.youtube.com/@theExperimental

Ian’s Blog 1st March 2026

On Monday I had an interview with Peter Cartwright for his Torquay radio show in which he plays music recorded by Torbay musicians. His radio show used to be on Riviera FM but now it is on Torbay Radio. Peter asked me about my Ricardian songs and I talked about the Richard III Society defending the reputation of Richard III which was trashed by the Tudors. With regards to this I was really dismayed to learn that several of the board members of the Richard III Society have recently resigned including Philippa Langley and my friend Joanne Larner. There is information about this on the Murrey and Blue website https://murreyandblue.co.uk/2026/02/21/statement-from-former-richard-iii-society-directors/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQHzVdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBZOVNlNHFQV291R0lKekR1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsNqc6dBx1-zJMk6utx96Wm9odd3kMOaN8QlPrpsDWxzVuOs3LnO3npuwasp_aem_Z5Cz7z6eqJBkmUKAvjidlA