Chapter 234. A clamour for Reactor One

Chapter 233. We can't find the tell-tale damp patches.

Chapter 232. If you make it as far as the camel, you have done well.

Chapter 231. Whatever happened to the Pinder twins?

Chapter 230. Are there any more famous Butlers per chance?

Chapter 229. It's a f*cking paperweight

Chapter 228. JPEGs and jet-lag.

Chapter 227. Have we got a video?

Chapter 226. Who do we think we are

Chapter 225. O Little Town of Bethlehem

Chapter 224. Angel wings on the Westway

A Few Words from Mr h...

Good morning everyone,

h here - unashamedly (proudly even) plugging his stuff.

First of all, the traditional Christmas solo shows.

One "man", a larynx, a piano, a Christmas tree, and a room full of good people. No set list, just whatever happens. Bring a bauble and hang it on my tree and I'll ply you with drink. You’ll cry, you’ll laugh (and then you’ll get to the gig.. )

December
5 & 6 - The Crypt, Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool
8 - Kristuskirche Bochum Germany
12,13 & 14 - Trading Boundaries Fletching, E Sussex
20 & 21 - St John The Evangelist Church, Oxford

AND JUST ADDED
January 4 - Bibelot Club, Dordrecht, (near Rotterdam), Netherlands

A few tickets are still available for most of these.

ALSO

I'm happy to announce the release of SPQR - the live Blu Ray (AND/OR CD) of my show in Rome earlier this year with fabulous Roman band "Ranestrane" and fabulous Roman Choir "Flowing Chords". I'm very happy with how it looks. And it sounds quite wonderful.

CLICK HERE for Bluray
CLICK HERE for CD

Hope to see you very soon
h
x

Chapter 223. Kicking back, like a red-arsed fly.

Chapter 222. Nearly blown away by Howard's Chopper

Chapter 221. I need you to give me more moody...

Chapter 220. Beam me up, Charlie

Chapter 219. Like an aural snowstorm

Chapter 218. Everyone deserves a hat with a feather

Chapter 217. Life is a bowl of shrubbery

Chapter 216. Rescued from a lifetime of tweed

Chapter 215. For drama is my shadow

Chapter 214. Two cappuccinos and a slice of camp

Chapter 213. Something about Croissants

Chapter 212. Gums and misery

Chapter 211. Out of this world

Chapter 210. Five, six, seven, eight.

Chapter 209. Sub Brownian Motion

Chapter 208. Utter Fidelity

Chapter 207. The 5 Star Omelette Station

The purists soak their beans overnight

Chapter 205. Hanging out with a fellow cabbage

Episode 204. It's either a bearskin or really big hair.

Chapter 203. The nutter from Nantes

Chapter 202. An episode with a lovely ring.

Chapter 201. I'm mellower, but it is all relative...

Chapter 200. Did I mention I was Vegan...?

Chapter 199. The Karma Scale

Chapter 198. It isn't just gold, it's gold-plated gold.

Chapter 197. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking.

Episode 196. If it were up to me, Marillion would be more like Disney

Chapter 195. Has it run its course Lucy?

Chapter 194. Dawn in California, Joe sends hugs

Chapter 193. And some people know me as Papa

Chapter 192. In amongst the football boots and the dog food.

Chapter 191. Third drawer on the left in the laptop

Chapter 190. Purple & Festive

Chapter 189. Puddings and Hard Liquor

Chapter 188. Fishing for Peas

Chapter 187. Kevlar-coated falsetto

Chapter 186. Whose idea was it to put a lawyer on the tour-bus...?

Chapter 185. Geriatric at the Genius Bar

Chapter 184. Surrounded by Ninjas

Chapter 183. Handle with Care

Chapter 182. Lovely and brilliant in equal measure.

Chapter 181. Spitting Rivets

Chapter 180. I have peculiarly small ear-holes.

Chapter 179. Shall I start with one I know?

h Natural Livestream - 5th October 2023

Hello Everyone,

My experience on Saturday at Trading Boundaries mad furniture shop, gallery, restaurant, gig, hotel (and probably a few things I missed!) was so delightful I invited myself back. Fortunately the owner and creator of T Boundaries, Michael, agreed, and suggested a Christmas show. That will be well-special, so I'll be there with tree and tequila on Dec 13th (after Lodz and Liverpool and before Oxford).

Bring a bauble and you can hang it from my tree between songs. TB is quite something - check it out - and in a beautiful part of England. It's run by groovy girls and boys and must be especially lovely at Christmas.

Full details and tickets are available by CLICKING HERE

I believe there are a few tickets left for Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral on Dec 9. Christmas in the Crypt, anyone? Santa's goin' underground...

Right, I'm off down memory lane to the Crooked Billet, Stoke Row. I wonder if I can crowbar one in, in Ipanema?

Thursday October 5th. h Natural Livestream, Crooked Billet, Stoke Row, Oxfordshire.

Save the date:)

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

"From Stoke Row to er.. Stoke Row!" or "Back to the Billet"

It's been 34 years since I played for the first time with Marillion, at this little pub hidden in rural Oxfordshire. We returned here recently to be interviewed prior to the "Season's End" re-issue and Paul, who works there, bent my ear royally in an attempt to persuade me to return.

Will it be any less scary? I certainly imagine so. I'm playing Monday and Tuesday too, so I should almost know what I'm doing (which is more than I can say about the 1989 appearance).

Do join me from wherever you are in the world.

Love and handstands,

h
x

Chapter 178. Fate

Chapter 177. Desert Island Discs Ep.2

Chapter 176. Desert Island Discs Ep. 1

Chapter 175. In a leather apron, sweating over a barrel.

Chapter 174. Crowdfund me a leather holster

Chapter 173. A space-alien on toast

Chapter 172. A flashback, literally

Chapter 171. More is Less

Chapter 170. In the pursuit of excellence

Chapter 169. Knee deep in Swedes

Chapter 168. Much ado about nothing

Chapter 167. Tom is striding out in his leather pants for a loaf

Chapter 166. Seamus is lighting the way

Chapter 165. Simon is a ninja with the cut-throat razor.

Chapter 164. Will you be partaking of the Mirrorball this evening Sir?

Chapter 163. Tuesday afternoon I am going to excel.

Chapter 162. Let's hear it for Gordon....

Chapter 161. Living' on a Prayer

Chip, Dale or possibly Alvin

Chapter 159. I was presented with a bucket of small gnomes.

Chapter 158. "I'm a begatter, not a smiter..."

Chapter 157. I don't recall using the Dewey Decimal system.

Steve Hogarth / Richard Barbieri EP "Waiting To Be Born"

A Steve Hogarth / Richard Barbieri EP "Waiting To Be Born" will be available to download on Bandcamp Friday 5th May. Three songs written in 2015 that we didn't follow up on at the time, partly because of other commitments but also unsure that they were future album material. Having recently revisited and worked on these a little, we began to enjoy the quirky, playful and atmospheric nature of these pieces and decided we would rather these be heard than not. As always thanks for supporting our music.

Chapter 156. Comedy gold. Literally.

Chapter 155. Always travel with a leather mallet.

Chapter 154. Sjælland Denmark calling Anaheim California!

Chapter 153. How the hell do you crotchet a brothel-creeper?

Chapter 152. The complete SAGA

Chapter 151. If ever a man deserved tail feathers.

Chapter 150. Like a Carp, only not so coy

Chapter 149. A Sea of Smiles

Chapter 148. It's all kicking off in the Village Hall

Chapter 147. The Muttley Wheeze

Holidays In Sweden Tour 2023

Chapter 146. Russell meet Hilary, Hilary meet Russell.

Chapter 145. Sedentary is just another word for slumped.

Chapter 144. Lucy and her brainchildren

Episode 143. What rhymes with Cowell.

Chapter 142. #freethebee

Chapter 141. Sounds that nearly weren't made

Chapter 140. It's a long way to the start, when you begin in the middle.

Chapter 139. That space between a Camel's humps.

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