Thinking and Making: Selections from the writings of John Paynter on music in education. Edited by Janet Mills and John Paynter. For many, John Paynter has been the most significant figure in music education in Britain and beyond over the past 50 years. He remains widely influential through his work and his many publications, some of which are hard to locate.This collection of seminal writings, selected in collaboration with a range of music educators, brings the ideas afresh to a new generation