Hilary Seabrook - writer, podcaster, musician

Written by two of the loveliest men I know, this is a great book. More of a reference than a page-turner, it's great. Tonight was the official launch and Florence and I had a blast.

Some people just are inspirational. Rik Bennett in Cornwall lost one of his legs at a young age. He's amazingly motivational and his work in the community and for wounded soldiers resulted in his nomination as an Olympic torchbearer. Nice man, too.

Some people just live live to the full .

I really enjoyed writing this blog about Emeli Sande . The woman is a legend. She will undoubtedly go far. To America next week, for a start (little joke there!).

It didn't take long and I've made a decision which has been bubbling around in my head for several months. I'm not going to be part of a 'Style Council revival' band. I genuinely loved my time on stage, on tour and in the studio with Paul Weller. But that was then and this is now. What made my mind up? Seeing Heaven 17 and others from the 80s live on stage at Hatfield Forum. It was fine. Everyone did what they needed to do and they'd obviously worked hard to get it right. The trouble is, the 80s is 30 years ago. What we were doing then. we really shouldn't still be doing today. I don't want to repeat exactly what I did in 1983. I don't mind playing some of the same songs, but I want them to be different. Truth is, I want to play in a band that plays original songs well. I know I won't make a fortune now (approaching 50), but that's still what I want to be doing. Anything else is just killing time.

Someone said that to me today. To be honest, I don't understand. Most writers I know are eclectic, both in input and output. They read a variety of books, newspapers and magazines and write on different subjects and for different media. I am a little confused. Apart from anything else, if someone chooses to unfollow me because something I've written doesn't interest them, that's fine. Someone else will follow me because it DOES interest them. Life and writing is not about fulfilling anyone else's needs, except myself and (probably) the person who's paying the bill. I do need to appeal to the audience, but that doesn't necessarily mean telling them what they want to hear all the time. Trying to please all the people, all the time, just doesn't make sense.

Three hours' rehearsal with Mike from The Iconics . Our next few gigs will be AWESOME! Then back to writing loads. This was published today - what internal communications is all about.