How are we doing? Every now and then it’s a good idea to take stock, as George Santayana put it. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to […]

Breakspear Inc opens online shop to help fund creative projects. The Etsy-shop will stock Breakspear’s back-catalogue of musical albums as well as the unconventional road-trip adventure ‘Jerusalem or Bust’ DVD and […]

This is a short poem, written and performed by Hazel L. Mathieson. I first met Hazel in 2015 when she shared this delightful poem at the Northumbrian Community Yearly Retreat, headed […]

The Real Thing! In the words of Bobby Dylan – “Where have you been my blue eyed son, and what have you seen my darling young one” Well Nick Breakspear […]

Balagan  You’ve probably never heard of ‘Balagan’ but no doubt have experienced it!  This odd sounding Persian word first originated in the Semitic world thousands of years ago – over […]