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Susan’s Bookshelves: The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

I read The Catcher in the Rye decades ago, when I was a teacher-training student at Bishop Otter College, Chichester. In their usual woolly way, staff were keen on getting us to read fiction and memoir which took us inside juvenile minds. I didn’t warm to it much although I’ve met many people over the […]

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Classical music reviews March 22, 2026

Maidstone Symphony Orchestra 21 March 2026 (John Groves reviews)

When Schubert died at the tragically early age of thirty-one, he left a vast body of compositions, hundreds of...
Classical music reviews / Reviews / Theatre March 21, 2026

Rinaldo (Susan Elkin reviews)

Rinaldo George Frederic Handel From a scenario by Aaron Hill Conductor: David Bates Director: Julia Burbach Royal Academy of...
Classical music reviews March 20, 2026

Au Printemps Durufle Requiem (Susan Elkin reviews)

Au Printemps Duruflé Requiem Bach Choir Conductor: David Hill, Organ: Philip Scriven. Mezzo soprano: Katherine Gregory Holy Trinity, Sloane...
Classical music reviews March 18, 2026

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, March 17 2026 (Susan Elkin reviews)

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Conductor: Volodymyr Sirenko Piano: Mariia Pukhlianko Cadogan Hall,  17 March 2026 I first saw...
Classical music reviews March 16, 2026

Regency Quartet 15 March 2026 (Susan Elkin reviews)

Regency Quartet Brighton Dome, Corn exchange 25 March 2026 The concert opened with a pleasing account of Mozart’s K465...
Classical music reviews March 13, 2026

Marin Alsop conducts Scheherazade (Susan Elkin reviews)

Marin Alsop conducts Scheherazade Philharmonia Marin Alsop Cello: Ailsa Weilerstein Royal Festival Hall 12 March, 2026   The first...
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Translations (Susan Elkin reviews)

Translations Brian Friel Director: Allan Hart Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington Star rating: 3.5 Translations (1980) is probably Brian Friel’s...
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Susan’s Bookshelves: The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

I read The Catcher in the Rye decades ago, when I was a teacher-training student at Bishop Otter College,...
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Rinaldo (Susan Elkin reviews)

Rinaldo George Frederic Handel From a scenario by Aaron Hill Conductor: David Bates Director: Julia Burbach Royal Academy of...
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Au Printemps Duruflé Requiem Bach Choir Conductor: David Hill, Organ: Philip Scriven. Mezzo soprano: Katherine Gregory Holy Trinity, Sloane...
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