There’s gonna be a lovely horn section in the background on your telly boxes tonight on the Jonathan Ross show 📺 What a fun few days and a really lovely bunch to work with 🙏 🎺 @lilycarassik & 🎺 @meadnick88

Today is World Cancer Day, and it’s also one year since this documentary about my cancer journey was released. Every time I share my story, there are moments that still shock me - that it was actually me who went through all of this. Years of failed treatments, transplants, clinical trials, endless scans, transfusions and tests. Somehow, I endured it all. Unfortunately, we all know someone who’s been diagnosed with cancer, or someone we’ve lost to it. It touches every single one of our lives. In our close-knit family of four, I was the first, aged 25. Then my mum went through breast cancer. Then we sadly lost my dad to kidney cancer. Then my brother was diagnosed with a blood cancer. Then my mum went through breast cancer again. According to the genetics experts, none of it is related. Just “bad luck”. Apparently. I’m not convinced, but there’s no way of knowing. This documentary was never just about me though… It’s for those heading into battle, and for the families and friends walking beside them. For hope. For perspective. For the reminder that resilience can exist alongside fear. I feel incredibly lucky to be able to share my story at clinical trial conferences around the world… putting a human face to the extraordinary work of scientists and clinical trial teams changing lives every day. And I’m proud to say that this hour-long presentation that I share is now being shared in corporate spaces too, showing what hope, resilience and optimism can do when life gets brutally hard, and how important it is to live in the moment. A huge thank you to World Courier and Cencora for inviting me to join them in creating this documentary and bringing it to life. Link in bio if you’d like to watch the full thing 🤍 xx 🎵 It’s worth watching for the stunning soundtrack alone, which was composed by @christian.heschl_composer

You can always rely on Ed to bring the sunshine! ☀️

The long-awaited clarinet content (that nobody asked for), is finally here! A clip from the WFUV radio show - a quick stop in the middle of the US/Canada tour with the wonderful @elbowofficial back in the Autumn. A bit of context for the newbies here: I had a 15min lesson from the one and only @fieldbrass on the clarinet last summer and that was it - naturally followed by summer festivals and a tour of America 🇺🇸

Hopping on the 2016 trend… it was quite a year! The year I met my life saving bone marrow donor Thomas, plenty of fun gigs (egg shaker duet with Howard), teaching at the RNCM, filming in Copenhagen, NYC with Joe, presenting a BBC programme, LA with mum, jamming with Dick Nash, David Bowie BBC Prom, being in a movie with Liam Neeson, just acting natural with Sion & Jon, hanging out with my Dad who I still miss everyday, brass quintet giggles at Ally Pally, a fun festival in Tromsø, LPO low brass in force, first time playing at Brixton Academy with the band Daughter, being presented with an award at the Houses of Parliament, picking up my first campervan, super fun tbn section with Joe Stilgoe, and some hilarious Christmas games with the family ❤️

What a year and what a great load of adventures! Thank you to everyone who has been a part of my 2025… I have a feeling 2026 is gonna top it though! 🥳 Have a lovely Christmas everyone xxx