Susan’s Bookshelves: Rivals by Jilly Cooper
I had never read a Jilly Cooper novel nor seen any sort of dramatisation. It simply didn’t sound my sort of thing...
I had never read a Jilly Cooper novel nor seen any sort of dramatisation. It simply didn’t sound my sort of thing...
I first met Guy Holloway many (thirty?) years ago when I visited the Harrodian School on a newspaper assignment, probably the Telegraph...
I’ve tried reading Michael Arditti before and, frankly, not warmed to his fiction. But I was curious about The Choice because it...
I met Dick Dixon at interval drinks for the Great and the Good (not sure which I am) at a recent Brighton...
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Alice Farnham Violin: Elena Urioste Brighton Dome, 19 October 2025 Entitled “The Romantics” this concert presented two...
Maidstone Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Brian Wright Mezzo soprano: Susan Legg Mote Hall, Maidstone 18 October 2025 This imaginatively programmed, quite full, concert...
Brno Philharmonic Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies Pianist: Maki Namekawa Cadogan Hall Photograph: Sisi Burns Part of Cadogan Hall’s Zurich International Orchestra series,...
I have long argued that you have to separate artists from their art. I can admire the Eric Gill frieze above the...