Susan’s Bookshelves: The Go-Between by Osman Yousefzada
I learned a huge amount about Islam and about barriers/ semi-permeable membrane between cultures from Osman Yousefzada’s frank and thoughtful memoir whose...
I learned a huge amount about Islam and about barriers/ semi-permeable membrane between cultures from Osman Yousefzada’s frank and thoughtful memoir whose...
BBC Proms 2022 Prom 39: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo 15th August Posted on August 16, 2022 This all-English programme was a high...
Agatha Christie was the first grown-up author I ever read. My mother was keen on her books and one day I picked...
In 1968 I went to teach in a challenging inner London boys’ secondary school. The journey from my refined grammar school to...
Margot La Rouge/Le Villi Opera Holland Park August 2022 So what do Delius and Puccini have in common? Both entered short operas...
Rose Tremain’s Lily was published last year and I’ve just read it in paperback which, unusually, was cheaper than the Kindle version....
This show is deeply moving on at least two levels. First, there’s Jessica Duchen’s story for our times about a young Syrian...
This was an interestingly paired concert: It’s hard to think of two more contrasting pieces than Jennifer Walshe’s The Site of An...