Susan’s Bookshelves: The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
I enjoyed The Dictionary of Lost Words (2020) so much that I pounced with glee on this “companion” novel, published earlier this...
I enjoyed The Dictionary of Lost Words (2020) so much that I pounced with glee on this “companion” novel, published earlier this...
Kleio Quartet Levinsky Hall, Plymouth University 09 November 2024 I have had the pleasure of seeing and hearing the Kleio Quartet before. Since...
Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Darlington (conductor) Federico Colli (piano) Cadogan Hall 14 November 2024 Part of Cadogan Hall’s Zurich International Orchestra Series,...
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra City of London Choir Daniel Hyde (conductor) Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo), Michael Lafferty (tenor), Thomas Humphreys (baritone)...
Penelope Fitzgerald, greatly admired as a novelist and biographer, died in 2000. She hadn’t had an easy or straightforward life having had...
Folkestone Symphony Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone 09 November 2024 Conductor: Rupert Bond Viola: Robin Ashwell Folkestone Symphony, more formally known as Folkestone...
I first read Purple Hibiscus not long after its publication in 2004. Then, because it had found its way onto one or...
Conductor: Mark Elder A concert presenting three quite different works starts with Ravel’s Mother Goose (1911), which is, of course, full of...