Links
Local sites:
- Prescot Festival – official website of the Annual Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts, which Robert founded in 2005
- Evelyn Community Primary School – where Robert attended and was later a governor
- Prescot Parish Church of St Mary’s – Robert’s parish church
- Local news & information:
- Liverpool Phil – home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Friends of Real Lancashire – info about the traditional county of Lancashire
Causes Robert supports:
- Age UK – charity helping older people, formerly known as Help the Aged
- Amnesty International – worldwide human rights movement
- CAFOD – committed to ending poverty and creating a fairer world
- Churches Conservation Trust – preserving the UK’s historic churches
- Church of England
- CND – Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Co-operative Society – a business whose philosophy Robert supports
- Diocese of Liverpool
- Friends of Gideon International – Bible distribution worldwide
- Good News UK – formerly Gideons UK
- Labour Party
- NSPCC – National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Salvation Army
- St Mungo’s – opening doors for homeless people
Things Robert enjoys:
- CAMRA – The Campaign for Real Ale
- The Independent – Robert’s favourite news site
- MENSA – the High IQ Society
- Network DVD – the UK’s best producer of vintage British film & TV DVDs
- Private Eye – fortnightly satirical magazine
Favourite places:
- Carnforth Station – the Lancashire setting for the 1945 David Lean film Brief Encounter
- Coventry Cathedral – website for supporters of the historic Midlands cathedral
- English Heritage – historic sites around England
- Liverpool Cathedral – the city’s Anglican cathedral
- Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King – Catholic Cathedral, to which St Edward’s College is choir school
- National Museums Liverpool – museums, attractions and galleries across Merseyside
- National Trust – historic sites around England
- Penlee House – gallery and museum in Penzance, Cornwall
- Pitlochry Festival Theatre
- Portmeirion – Italianate Welsh village designed by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis
- Shakespeare North Playhouse – theatre in Prescot, Merseyside, in the Jacobean cockpit style
- St Edward’s College – Liverpool comprehensive school where Robert teaches
- Tate – contemporary art galleries in Liverpool, London and St Ives
- Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
Music links:
- ABRSM (Associated Board) – international examination board for music
- Barber Institute of Fine Arts – part of the University of Birmingham
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- BBC Philharmonic
- BBC Radio 2
- BBC Radio 3 – classical music station
- BBC Radio 4
- BBC Proms – annual music festival held at the Royal Albert Hall, London
- Classic FM
- COMA – Contemporary Music Making for Amateurs
- Crosby Symphony Orchestra
- Goldsmiths, University of London, Music Department
- Goldsmiths, University of London, Alumni
- Grassington Festival
- Hallé Orchestra
- Incorporated Society of Musicians
- Liverpool Mozart Orchestra
- Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
- Making Music – voluntary music society
- Malcolm Arnold Society – info on the underrated British composer
- Morecambe Winter Gardens – historic Lancashire music venue
- Musical Contexts – resources for teaching Key Stage 3 and GCSE music
- Performing Rights Society
- Resonate Hub – Liverpool’s Music Support Service
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royal Northern College of Music
- Royal School of Church Music
- Sheet Music Plus – Robert’s compositions are available via this music publisher
- Sound and Music – formerly The British Music Information Centre
- South Liverpool Orchestra – orchestra of which Robert is conductor
- St. Helens Sinfonietta
- UK Amateur Orchestras – directory of orchestras across the country
- University of Birmingham Music Department
Various:
- David L Rattigan – freelance writer and creative who designed this website
- NASUWT – Teachers’ Union