Susan’s Bookshelves: Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by S...
Act 4, Scene 1 of Julius Caesar is one of the most nonchalantly shocking interchanges Shakespeare ever wrote. It presents victorious Mark...
Act 4, Scene 1 of Julius Caesar is one of the most nonchalantly shocking interchanges Shakespeare ever wrote. It presents victorious Mark...
REVIEW: Don Giovanni, Grimeborn Festival at Arcola Theatre 26 – 30 August 2025 Susan Elkin • 31 August 2025 ‘Outstanding achievement’ ★★★★...
Grimeborn Opera Festival: Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner at Arcola Theatre Susan Elkin • 17 August 2025 ‘Intimate yearning, finely sung’...
It’s unusual to read a book which explores and celebrates male friendship with all its affectionate joshing, trust and respect. We’re so...
BBC PROMS: 22 August 2025 J.S Bach, orch. Ottorini Respighi: Three Chorales Thomas de Hartmann: Violin concerto Hemryk Górecki: Symphony no. 3...
Chris Power’s 2021, debut novel came to my attention because I recently interviewed Chris, in his 2025 Booker Prize judge capacity, for...
My attention was drawn to this 2025 title by a relative who spotted it in a Kent bookshop and thought I might...
Last month I spent a pleasant weekend in North Yorkshire, staying with an old friend. The night before my arrival she had...