The Organist Who Kept Britain Company During World War II

Sandy, as listeners called him, spoke like a reassuring, relatablefriend. “Sandy Macpherson’s quiet voice is very reassuring at a timewhen our ears are on the alert for warning sirens,” one family wrote inSeptember 1939. At Christmas, fans showered him with “flowers, mufflers,handkerchiefs, cigarettes, fruit and pots of jam.”– The Conversation