So, today was the first official rehearsal of the guerilla choir. People and music in abundance. I was happy to see lots of new faces – a few I recognised from the initial workshop that I attended, but most of them were new (to me, anyway). I loved the mix of people. And there were no introductions needed apart from names – getting together to sing is a better ice breaker than a really fat penguin.

Bad joke, I know. But it illustrates my point. There was no awkwardness in the room as we drifted in one by one, everyone making a beeline for the tea, coffee and biscuits provided by the museum’s lovely Anna Bunney. The true way to a person’s heart is, after all, through a good brew. We sat sipping hot drinks from travel mugs and chatting until it was time to warm up. It mostly consisted…