So, immediately after that, I got a commission to write a piece for chamber orchestra, and in working on the material I discovered it was possible to incorporate the Buddhist teachings into the music, so that's what I started to do.
“I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.”
“In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will share power in the north.”