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Susan’s Bookshelves: The One Day You Were My Husband by Rosie Walsh

Carrie Cole, who narrates, is a doctor – specifically an ambitious, committed surgeon – and Rosie Walsh has researched the details of training, development and practice so scrupulously that it’s all totally convincing. The surgery, although to an extent it defines Carrie, is incidental in this novel. Like all the best fiction it’s hard to […]

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Classical music reviews July 22, 2026

Prom Also sprach Zarathrustra 21 July 2026 (Susan Elkin reviews)

Prom: Also sprach Zarathustra 21 July (Susan Elkin reviews) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: John Sorgards Violin: Sueye Park Royal...
Classical music reviews July 21, 2026

Prom: Beethoven’s Ninth (Susan Elkin reviews)

Prom: Beethoven’s Ninth, 20 July 2026 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Chorus Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda Royal Albert Hall It’s a...
Classical music reviews / Reviews / Theatre July 18, 2026

Swan Lake (Susan Elkin reviews)

Swan Lake Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Choreography : Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov Restaged: Nina Ananiashvili & Alexey Fadeechev State...
Classical music reviews June 17, 2026

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 16 June 2016 (Susan Elkin reviews)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra St Giles Cripplegate Conductor: Gergely Madaras Tuesday 16 June   The opening concert in the Summer...
Classical music reviews June 5, 2026

Santtu Conducts a Strauss Extravaganza (Susan Elkin reviews)

Santtu conducts a Strauss Extavaganza Philharmonia Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali Piano: Benjamin Grosvenor Royal Festival Hall Thursday 04 June 2026...
Classical music reviews May 27, 2026

Mass in B Minor (Susan Elkin reviews)

Mass in B Minor JS Bach The Bach Choir and Florilegium Conducted by David Hill Nardus Williams, Helen Charlston,...
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Reviews / Theatre July 23, 2026

One Man Poe (Susan Elkin reviews)

One Man Poe Performed, directed and produced by Stephen Smith Bread and Roses Theatre, 23  July 2026 Star rating:...
Reviews / Theatre July 23, 2026

Anne Boleyn (Susan Elkin reviews)

Anne Boleyn Howard Brenton Directed by Michael Reilly Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington Star rating: 4 Anne Boleyn, which dates...
Classical music reviews July 21, 2026

Prom: Beethoven’s Ninth (Susan Elkin reviews)

Prom: Beethoven’s Ninth, 20 July 2026 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Chorus Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda Royal Albert Hall It’s a...
Classical music reviews / Reviews / Theatre July 18, 2026

Swan Lake (Susan Elkin reviews)

Swan Lake Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Choreography : Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov Restaged: Nina Ananiashvili & Alexey Fadeechev State...
Classical music reviews July 22, 2026

Prom Also sprach Zarathrustra 21 July 2026 (Susan Elkin reviews)

Prom: Also sprach Zarathustra 21 July (Susan Elkin reviews) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: John Sorgards Violin: Sueye Park Royal...

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