Steve Stockman
@stocki61.bsky.social
writer (books & blog), minister (Fitzroy), music fan, Man City fan, theo-musicologist, MBE for dabbling in peace building and organising 4 Corners Festival...
William Crawley asked myself and the very funny playwright Bronagh Diamond on to Talkback with 5 songs of the season but where Jesus is not born yet. Only got to play 4 but here are all 5 of mine... sstockman.substack.com/p/5-pre-chri...
December 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
William Crawley asked myself and the very funny playwright Bronagh Diamond on to Talkback with 5 songs of the season but where Jesus is not born yet. Only got to play 4 but here are all 5 of mine... sstockman.substack.com/p/5-pre-chri...
My new blog has now been on Substack for one month… I am happy with 7000 views and 100 subscribers but would love more subscribers!! Go on… album and book reviews… spiritual surmising… all the Fitzroy news and more… Go on! sstockman.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
My new blog has now been on Substack for one month… I am happy with 7000 views and 100 subscribers but would love more subscribers!! Go on… album and book reviews… spiritual surmising… all the Fitzroy news and more… Go on! sstockman.substack.com
This is the saddest day… I feel bereft of my precious Soul Surmise… thanks for all who read it… be patient as I find a new space soon…
October 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This is the saddest day… I feel bereft of my precious Soul Surmise… thanks for all who read it… be patient as I find a new space soon…
celebrating the city as Fitzroy cheer the Half Marathon… one of our highlights of the year…
September 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
celebrating the city as Fitzroy cheer the Half Marathon… one of our highlights of the year…
we have been having a good time with this Good fella this past week or two... his book is a very good read... stocki.typepad.com/soulsurmise/...
August 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
we have been having a good time with this Good fella this past week or two... his book is a very good read... stocki.typepad.com/soulsurmise/...
Sorry to hear that Maeve Kyle has passed away... as I was growing up, my parents were Ballymena Athletics Club team mates... she was an early hero...
July 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Sorry to hear that Maeve Kyle has passed away... as I was growing up, my parents were Ballymena Athletics Club team mates... she was an early hero...
happy things… on happy empty days…
April 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
happy things… on happy empty days…
no, not on TV this morning… unless you are in the Green Room at the Beeb in Belfast… I will be on your radio… Thought For The Day in about 10 minutes…
March 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
no, not on TV this morning… unless you are in the Green Room at the Beeb in Belfast… I will be on your radio… Thought For The Day in about 10 minutes…
Well look at this… my current obsessive band… BLUE ROSE CODE… in my office… Fitzroy on September 20th… oh my!!!
March 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Well look at this… my current obsessive band… BLUE ROSE CODE… in my office… Fitzroy on September 20th… oh my!!!
last overview… at 7.30 I will be In Conversation with Anthony Toner and Andrea Montgomery… 350 tickets taken but still room… so come on down… Fitzroy
February 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
last overview… at 7.30 I will be In Conversation with Anthony Toner and Andrea Montgomery… 350 tickets taken but still room… so come on down… Fitzroy
Lorna Gold at 4CF… A world class lecture on Caring For Our Eartly Home and economics and science and practical responses… and hope! Goodness!
February 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Lorna Gold at 4CF… A world class lecture on Caring For Our Eartly Home and economics and science and practical responses… and hope! Goodness!
last night at 4CF 6th generation fiddler player Clare Sands mesmerised us with songs of land and sea and peace… spectacular!
February 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
last night at 4CF 6th generation fiddler player Clare Sands mesmerised us with songs of land and sea and peace… spectacular!
4 Corners Festival knitters… with St. Brigid’s crosses
February 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
4 Corners Festival knitters… with St. Brigid’s crosses
The 4 Corners Peace Loom needs wool… please take your odds and ends to Peter and Heidi in 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast…
January 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The 4 Corners Peace Loom needs wool… please take your odds and ends to Peter and Heidi in 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast…
so on my blog this week I did say there were good reasons for the t-shirts I wear… and… 50th anniversary of Blood On The Tracks this week
January 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
so on my blog this week I did say there were good reasons for the t-shirts I wear… and… 50th anniversary of Blood On The Tracks this week
most free CDs with magazines go straight to trash but every now and again there is a real winner… this months Uncut has Wilco alternative takes… yes!
January 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
most free CDs with magazines go straight to trash but every now and again there is a real winner… this months Uncut has Wilco alternative takes… yes!
Nothing I like better than researching my In Conversation night at 4 Corners Festival… it is Friday week the 7th and though 340 seats are gone there are a few more… Anthony Toner and Andrea Montgomery and me!
January 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nothing I like better than researching my In Conversation night at 4 Corners Festival… it is Friday week the 7th and though 340 seats are gone there are a few more… Anthony Toner and Andrea Montgomery and me!
last 4 Corners Festival planning meeting… it’ll be good… and well organised… now if you haven’t - BOOK NOW
January 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
last 4 Corners Festival planning meeting… it’ll be good… and well organised… now if you haven’t - BOOK NOW
4 Corners Festival 2025 is just 2 weeks away... events are booking out... don't be disappointed. Book Now! www.4cornersfestival.com/festival-yea...
January 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
4 Corners Festival 2025 is just 2 weeks away... events are booking out... don't be disappointed. Book Now! www.4cornersfestival.com/festival-yea...
May we all be blessed this Christmas
By the Father who gave his only son
By the Son who gave himself in humility
And by the Spirit who gives us insight into this truth
We pray in hope
For peace and love and justice
In our hearts and souls
And all over the world
AMEN
By the Father who gave his only son
By the Son who gave himself in humility
And by the Spirit who gives us insight into this truth
We pray in hope
For peace and love and justice
In our hearts and souls
And all over the world
AMEN
December 25, 2024 at 12:39 PM
May we all be blessed this Christmas
By the Father who gave his only son
By the Son who gave himself in humility
And by the Spirit who gives us insight into this truth
We pray in hope
For peace and love and justice
In our hearts and souls
And all over the world
AMEN
By the Father who gave his only son
By the Son who gave himself in humility
And by the Spirit who gives us insight into this truth
We pray in hope
For peace and love and justice
In our hearts and souls
And all over the world
AMEN
When you realise that the Noel Gallagher designed shirt “Definitely 4” was prophetic…
December 21, 2024 at 2:41 PM
When you realise that the Noel Gallagher designed shirt “Definitely 4” was prophetic…
4 Corners Festival 2025 launched to Friends… tickets live on website on Monday night…
November 29, 2024 at 9:50 PM
4 Corners Festival 2025 launched to Friends… tickets live on website on Monday night…
it is in my hands… 4 Corners Festival 2025 programme… it’s a wheeker!! launched at Friends Of The Festival tonight… tickets on sale Monday…
November 29, 2024 at 12:18 PM
it is in my hands… 4 Corners Festival 2025 programme… it’s a wheeker!! launched at Friends Of The Festival tonight… tickets on sale Monday…
Munther Isaac making sense to me...
November 20, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Munther Isaac making sense to me...