Julian Webber

Inthis explosive, no-holds-barred account of the life of a globally renownedclassical musician, Julian Lloyd Webber lifts the lid on a professionpreviously shrouded in mystery. Fromvivid descriptions of his childhood in one of the world's most famous musicaldynasties to unfiltered stories from his incredible career - includingcollaborations with such stars as Yehudi Menuhin, Joaquin Rodrigo, Elton John,and his brother, Andrew Lloyd Webber - Bows and Arrows reveals acut-throat world of agents, promoters, record companies, violin dealers andsubstance abuse, laying bare the classical music industry as never before. Withrefreshing honesty and humour, Julian recounts the break-up of three of hisfour marriages, his lifelong passion for ensuring that every child has a chanceto play a musical instrument and his devastation at the injury that forced himto stop playing and sell his Stradivarius cello in 2014. This earth-shatteringloss, however, led him to discover a new calling as principal of a leadingroyal conservatoire and to double down on his efforts as a tireless champion ofmusic education, working closely both with government and charities. Culminatingin Julian's return to the stage for the first time in twelve years, Bows andArrows is a powerful story of passion, loss and a life reborn.

To live is to lose, to grieve is to be human. Part elegy, part lament, part love song; Julia Webb''s fourth collection Grey Time is a powerful examination of what it is to love and lose, of our relationship with both grief and the dead. Exploring the many facets and nuances of loss, Webb explores what happens before and after the sudden death of a loved one and how our relationship with them changes over time as new secrets are revealed and old hurts heal.This book is not defined by death, however, as these refreshing, evocative poems study and witness the myriad losses of a lifetime. Julia Webb turns her forensic eye on the complexity of unresolved relationships; on what is said or not said, how people behave under duress, how violence can creep into our lives, as well as exploring her own recently discovered neurodivergence. Grey Time is a revelatory collection that takes bold leaps, binding the strange and surreal to the everyday – to make possible a place where a one mother turns owl, and another mother will teach her son how to fly.