A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews where churches' bare ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living a Labour government - yes a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools.

When I was at school I was in choirs more than anything else from a very young age about 9 years old. And then I started taking drum lessons.