October 21st, 2017 - Photo 294 of 365

James Stevenson & Jules Peters

The reason I had a photo pass for The Alarm's gig in Oxford on Friday night was to photograph their guitarist James Stevenson for my new bowel cancer charity book. I haven't finished going through all the photos yet, but I do like this one because it also features Jules Peters in the background on keyboards. Jules was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and she has undergone a gruelling course of treatment, but thankfully is doing really well. She will also feature in my forthcoming book. The band and fans supported the #wearitpink day to raise awareness about breast cancer, and you will never have seen so much pink on display at a gig. I sold a few copies of my Lives & Times bowel cancer fundraising book, so I will be donating £6 to Breastcancernow as well as the normal amount to Beating Bowel Cancer. A massive thanks to James and Jules for their support.

May 24th, 2017 - Photo 144 of 365

Homemade DVD

So on Monday night there was a fantastic documentary on BBC 1 Wales about Mike Peters,from The Alarm, and his wife Jules. Mike & Jules: While We Still Have Time. It followed their lives over the course of a year that included Jules' cancer diagnosis and treatment. Straight afterwards on BBC 2 Wales there was a 30 minutes highlights show of this year's Gathering concert in Llandudno that I go to every year. So I now have made up a DVD of both shows for my collection.