Over the last few years, Gavin has been researching and writing his first book, A Home for All Seasons, which spans 500 years in a quiet corner of England. It was published by Atlantic Books in June 2022.

Gavin has written for newspapers such as The Guardian, The Times and The Independent on Sunday and magazines and journals including Country Life, Literary Review, The Hudson Review, High Life, Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, GQ, Opera Now, Opera and Classical Music.

He also writes regularly for music festivals, concert halls and opera houses, including Wigmore Hall, the Royal Opera House, the Metropolitan Opera, the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin and the Salzburg Festival.

Examples of newspaper and magazine features and reviews:
Click here to read Gavin’s feature on the history of the drovers for 11 January 2023 edition of Country Life.
Click here to read Gavin’s Portrait of Hans Rott for Engelsberg Ideas.
Click here to read Gavin’s ‘A Room with a View Revisited’ in High Life.
Click here to read Gavin’s introduction to Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier in The Guardian.
Click here to read Gavin’s interview with Georg Friedrich Haas in The Guardian.
Click here to read Gavin’s article in The Guardian about Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.
Click here to read Gavin’s introduction to the BBC’s new War and Peace for The Independent on Sunday.

Examples of programme and liner notes:
Click here to read Gavin’s introduction to Berg’s Violin Concerto and Mahler’s First Symphony for the Salzburg Festival.
Click here to read Gavin’s article on Alma Mahler for the Oxford Lieder Festival.
Click here to read Gavin’s first listener notes for ALMA’s Transalpin album.