Susan’s Bookshelves: Erasure by Percival Everett
It was one of the regular readers of Susan’s Bookshelves who drew my attention to this 2001 novel. He wondered what I...
It was one of the regular readers of Susan’s Bookshelves who drew my attention to this 2001 novel. He wondered what I...
As anyone who has read The Beekeeper of Aleppo knows, Christy Lefteri has a real gift for finding hope and a way...
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra St Giles Cripplegate Conductor: Gergely Madaras Tuesday 16 June The opening concert in the Summer Music in City...
I recently told a newish friend who had come to coffee that I’d always had a fancy to explore America’s central states....
I first discovered Carol Shields when her The Stone Diaries was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1993. Before that she hadn’t...
Santtu conducts a Strauss Extavaganza Philharmonia Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali Piano: Benjamin Grosvenor Royal Festival Hall Thursday 04 June 2026 This concert was...
John Betjeman seems to be a Marmite poet. I love the rueful, wit and rapier-sharp observation of, say “Hunter Trials” or “In...
Mass in B Minor JS Bach The Bach Choir and Florilegium Conducted by David Hill Nardus Williams, Helen Charlston, Sam Furness, Neal...