A few nights ago I was doing jury service for the BBC Young Musician String Finals. Maybe I just keep getting older, but it seems to me like they get younger and younger. And better and better. I'm not allowed to say who won but all I can say is there was some unbelievable talent.
As I was suffering from one of my daughter's many stomach bugs while I was there, and looked "a bit peaky" in the words of the make-up lady, I had to spend twice as much time as anyone else getting made up. And I still looked awful.
Still, I marvelled at how the contestants dealt with the pressures of the TV and of the competition in general. It takes a certain kind of nerve to cope with such a situation.
Looking forward to watching the grand final in May.....
