Ian Churchward’s Blog 12th July 2026

Last Sunday I started writing a script for a local heritage project for which I hope to obtain some grant funding. This would involve a local historian being filmed talking about and at some places of historical interest in Torquay followed by some of my songs about those places. This is my song about the opening of the station at Torre which is on one of my Torbay Pageant albums and my idea is that it would be part of some of my musical compositions for my project. https://open.spotify.com/track/3fQi7DNL02N61zE1SdvGHs?si=f54cc1d8f5324052

Ian Churchward’s Blog 5th July 2026

I have added some new short video clips onto my youtube channel. This one is the view from the top of Ludlow castle taken by my son Tom when we were on holiday in Wales last month. The background music is a song called Sunnes of York composed by myself and Ashley Mantle which is on the Mer de Mort album:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6szv7hnrIOY

Ian Churchward’s Blog 28th June 2026

Due to a metadata error there has been a delay in my Sci Fi Hi Fi album being available on Apple Music. I am pleased to announce that this error has now been corrected and the Sci Fi Hi Fi songs are now on the Apple Music website.

Ian Churchward's Blog 21st June 2026

For Father’s day my son Tom and his wife have given me a very nice bottle of Legend beer with a Legend beer glass. Legendary beer for The Legendary Ten Seconds!

Ian Churchward’s Blog 14th June 2026

We have just had a really nice holiday in Wales. It was great to visit several medieval castles which included Stokesay, Castell-Dolfordwyn, Powis, Aberwystreth, Oswestry, Chirk and Ludlow. The castle of Chirk was especially interesting and I discovered that some of the previous owners included Roger Mortimer, Richard III and Sir William Stanley of whom I have recorded songs such as this one:- https://open.spotify.com/track/59xWVt7VBReLpiNMl8pRMc

Ian Churchward’s Blog 31st May 2026

Here is the link to a really great video about the music scene in Torquay which includes myself, Steve Honeywill and David Clifford talking about the bands we played in during the 1980s:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsxz4yEAYEc

Ian Churchward’s Blog 24th May 2026

On Monday afternoon The Legendary Ten Seconds played a set of Ricardian songs at Waldon Point, St Luke’s Road South in Torquay. I sang and played the guitar, Elaine sang and Lord Zarquon played his Memotron keyboard. Elaine sang the lead vocals on King in the Car Park and Charm and Grace. In between each song I talked about Richard III and the Wars of the Roses. We started with the first song that we composed and recorded about Richard III called The House of York. The last song that we played was about the battle of Bosworth called White Surrey.