W/C 26th April 2021 There is still a great big musical gap left behind by Kirsty MacColl, we lost her far too young. I had always been aware of her, but it was only when the album Tropical Brainstorm was released in 2000 that I really began to 'get it'. Blessed with a gift for songwriting and a take on the world that seemed quirky at first glance, but on closer inspection resonated with openness and candour. Bizarrely it's a story about Crocs that brought me here, I was looking for a song that referenced feet or shoes or walking and I remembered 'in these shoes'. Of course that set me off, and forty minutes later I am still listening to clips of Kirstys songs on Youtube. Which means I need to include another one of my favourites, penned by KM and delivered exquisitely by Eddi Reader at a celebration for Kirsty from 2010 Stay Safe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIWErJshs9M (Dear John - Eddi Reader) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DbjPkVf82M (In These Shoes - Kirsty MacColl) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-56918624 (Marsden Moor Fire) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56901386 (Crocs Comeback) https://www.instagram.com/ashortstories (Instagram) https://www.twitter.com/ashortstories (Twitter) https://www.facebook.com/ashortstoriespodcast/ (Facebook)