Susan’s Bookshelves: 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was the first grown-up author I ever read. My mother was keen on her books and one day I picked...
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...
Of course I’ve read the occasional John Agard poem in anthologies. And one of the schools I taught in invited Grace Nichols...
Little Women Mark Adamo Opera Holland Park July 2022 Posted on July 24, 2022 The UK premiere of Mark Adamo’s 1998 two act...