Index of articles

Articles published in The Ringing World:

•  Murder in the Belfry – Our part in the Midsomer Murders film Ring Our Your Dead about a band of bellringers (2001)

•   Out from under the bushel – How we brought the story of bellringing to hundreds of people in the community of Wokingham(2005)

•  Both Wokingham towers pealed in a day – A ringing feat only achieved once before, nearly a century ago. (2008)

• "It’s music, but not as we know it, Jim"  – How we explained the music of ringing to a room full of appreciative musicians (2008)

•  The impossible takes a bit longer – Exploring the expanded remit of the Central Council of Church Bellringers' Biographies Committee (2009)

•  Thinking the Unthinkable – Series of 10 articles about challenges facing the ringing community, and how it needs to change to ensure a successful future for the ancient art. (2010 – 2011)

• Maths and ringing – Enriching the curriculum of a group of talented young maths pupils by explaining the maths that underpins changeringing. (2011)

The Learning Curve

• The Learning Curve – 102 articles about learning ringing published in The Ringing World between 1999 and 2007 under the pseudonym Tail End. Now available from the CC website,  and in book form from CC Publications.

Beyond The Learning Curve

• Beyond The Learning Curve – Occasional later articles by Tail End, published in The Ringing World from 2012 onwards.

Articles published in Sonning Deanery Ringers' Newsletter:

•  Roll up, Roll up – Explanation of 'roll ups', which are a musical feature of changeringing. (2009)

•  Rope spiders – Some interesting ones seen on the Branch ringing outing. (2009)

• Is change ringing music?  – Characteristics that change ringing shares and doesn't share with other forms of music. (2009)

•  Us and Them  – Series of 7 articles about the relationship between ringers and non-ringers, including how to foster greater awareness in the public at large, and how to attract new ringers. (2010 – 2011)

• Getting comfortable – Article about the importance of working with a bell, rather than fighting it. (2012)

• Simulators in training  – Overview of benefits and a bit of background. (2013)

Articles published in All Saints Wokingham Parish Magazine:

• Articles for non-ringers about all aspects of ringing  – Many different topics (1995 – present)

Other articles

•  What did the Romans ever do for us? – Presentation to training meeting of the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers about the impact of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers on the training of ringers (2006)

• Spinning a web – The story of how All Saints tower website developed, and an analogy with a spider's web (2007)

• Turn over a few stones ... – The story of how my book Living Heritage came to be written (2009)

• What opportunities does technology offer us? – Introduction to one of the sessions at a workshop on the future of ringing in Wellesbourne (2011)

• Training ringers: What's the problem? – Talk given to Suffolk Guild AGM (2012)

• Speech to the 2012 Snowdon lunch  – York, October 2012

• Welcome to the Wonderful World of Bellringing  – Paper for the Reruitment & Training Forum, October 2012

• Outside the bubble – Article on PR for ART Works, newsletter of the Association of Ringing Teachers 

Training course notes

• Grandsire Doubles  

• Stedman Triples 

  Updated 10-April-2013