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Susan’s Bookshelves: London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

This book is extraordinary. Rarely have I read anything so immaculately researched and compellingly written. Published in April 2026 and strap-lined “A mysterious death in a gilded city” it pounds along like a thriller. But tragically it isn’t fiction. On 29 November 2019, nineteen-year-old Zac Brettler fell to his death from the fifth-floor balcony of […]

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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,...
Classical music reviews / Reviews / Theatre May 24, 2026

HMS Pinafore (Susan Elkin reviews)

HMS Pinafore WS Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan Directed by Keith Strachan Tabard Theatre Star rating: 5   This...
Classical music reviews May 20, 2026

Warsaw Philharmonic (Susan Elkin reviews)

Warsaw Philharmonic Conductor: Krzysztof Urbanski Pianist: Alexandra Dariescu Zurich International Orchestra Series Cadogan Hall 19 May 2026 Part of...
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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...
Reviews / Theatre July 16, 2026

The Real Estate (Susan Elkin reviews)

The Real Estate Will Thacker Directed by Chloe Patricia Beale Bridge House Theatre Star rating: 3.5 An engaging little...
Susan's Bookshelves July 8, 2026

Susan’s Bookshelves: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

I have probably read Great Expectations a dozen times. It featured on the English course at Bishop Otter College....
Reviews / Theatre July 4, 2026

Shear Madness (Susan Elkin reviews)

Shear Madness Directed by Sally Hughes The Mill at Sonning Star rating: 3.5 This part-improvised comic murder mystery, set...
Reviews / Theatre July 16, 2026

My Fair Lady (Susan Elkin reviews)

My Fair Lady Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe Directed by Rachel Kavanaugh Chichester Festival Theatre Star rating: 5...

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