Despite writing about Simona and her love of Vaughan Williams for nearly two years now, I still had not heard any live performances of his music, so it was an easy decision when I was offered tickets to hear a concert including The First Nowell.
Read MorePigtails and Pernod begins with Simona's regular journey across the channel, heading from Newhaven in December seas to spend her Christmas holidays with her grandparents in Dieppe. Aged just 12 she was already a regular on the ferry, travelling alone six times each year to and from school in Eastbourne.
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