Mark Crown is a cool customer who blows a mean horn, writes Richard Osley

THE story of the BMX trumpeter is a tale of an infectious talent who at 17 has already played at venues most musicians only dream about, arenas as grand as the Royal Albert Hall and as hip as the Jazz Café in Camden Town.
It is a story which will turn green anyone who struggled to progress in music lessons beyond spitting Three Blind Mice through a recorder in primary school.
Yet, nobody can be jealous of Mark Crown.
Unassuming but confident, he shows no sign of the arrogance and conceit which could have ruined a student regularly minded of his expert, carefully-honed craft.

TO HIS EYES, it’s an art installation that wouldn’t look out of place at the Tate Modern, with the added advantage that the materials used were destined for a landfill rubbish dump.
But to Camden Council, Peter Stanley’s eccentric collection of hubcaps tied to a fence outside his home is a scrapheap-style eyesore which has brought complaints from neighbours who want it removed.

THROUGH meticulous work, a small team of specialists have become the nation’s experts in recreating patients’ eyes.
There are three highly skilled ocularistry technicians responsible for the casting and hand-painting of artificial eyes at Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, making it the largest dedicated hospital department in the UK.