Winifred Cornwell was 98 years old when she died in the early 2010s. In 2018 Hugh wrote the song ‘La Grande Dame’ about his mother. He remembers as a kid how she would swim in the depths of winter in a hole in the ice at the pond in Hampstead Heath, near the family home. Now 74, Cornwell is a devoted sea swimmer in all weathers.
Hugh Cornwell, writer and singer of classic and addictive tunes like Golden Brown and Strange Little Girl, is coming to Róisín Dubh on Friday April 14.
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