Susan’s Bookshelves: Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor
People who read fiction know things. I used to tell my students that so often that they probably mouthed it behind my...
People who read fiction know things. I used to tell my students that so often that they probably mouthed it behind my...
Prom 7th September Halle Orchestra Sir Mark Elder In many ways this was the concert I’ve been yearning for. For eighteen long...
Barefoot Opera Almeida Outside Orfeo ed Euridice/Zanetto 5th September (and touring) This neat double bill sets a pared down version of Gluck’s...
I’ve just finished it. Again. That must have been my ninth or tenth reading of Wuthering Heights and it still got right...
Prom 3rd September BBC Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov This concert presented High Romanticism in several guises. And that meant lots of emotion...
Prom 1st September Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardi Sir John Eliot Gardiner is, quite literally an inspiration. He...
The Red Pony is one of John Steinbeck’s gut-wrenching novellas. I don’t know whether it’s still taught much in UK schools but...
I first read Fingersmith first in 2002, curious because it had been shortlisted for both Booker and Orange prizes. I remember vividly...