Susan’s Bookshelves (The Secret River by Kate Grenville)
I recently a few happy days staying with a friend in Cornwall. A former teaching colleague, she is a drama specialist who,...
I recently a few happy days staying with a friend in Cornwall. A former teaching colleague, she is a drama specialist who,...
Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine Cadogan Hall, 07 October 2024 Conductor: Theodore Kuchar Soloists: Mykhailo Sosnovskyi (flute) Oksana Hretchyn (violin) Jiri...
Philharmonia Royal Festival Hall Andrew Manze (conductor) Lise de la Salle (piano) 06 October 2024 Main photograph: Marc Gasgoigne It was reduced...
Daniel Deronda (1876) came four years after Middlemarch and was George Eliot’s last novel. She died in 1880, aged 61. I hadn’t...
The opening concert in the Philharmonia’s Nordic Soundscapes season gave us an brave blend of the very familiar and the very unfamiliar....
La Traviata Guiseppe Verdi Barefoot Opera Arcola Theatre, part of Grimeborne Festival If Verdi had thought of scoring his most popular opera...
I have fallen in love with the novels of Mike Gayle. I find them totally compelling to the extent that once I...
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Brighton Dome 22 September 2024 Brighton Philharmonic launched its centenary season in fine form and even more incisive...