Guy Noble

Quarantine Crazy

While spending time in iso, Guy Noble realises he’s not very good at doing nothing – but says it’s worth every minute to be conducting a live concert.

I write to you on day five of a 14-day quarantine in Perth, or as I prefer to call it, A Chance To Relax And Do Nothing At All. I have come to my incarceration willingly in order to be able to wave my arms at the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, who are up and running and performing to higher capacities than those in New South Wales or poor Victoria. Sydney Airport was delightfully free of all those loud business people talking on their mobile phones and the Virgin aircraft left exactly on time, taxied directly to the runway and turned left...