Susan’s Bookshelves: This Motherless Land by Nikki May
I was drawn to this book because the publisher describes it as “A powerful de-colonial retelling of Mansfield Park”. And, at present,...
I was drawn to this book because the publisher describes it as “A powerful de-colonial retelling of Mansfield Park”. And, at present,...
LPO: Jan Lisiecki plays Beethoven – Southbank Centre, London Reviewer: Susan Elkin The Reviews Hub – LondonApril 13, 2025 0 2 minutes read...
Centenary Gala: Messiaen’s Turangalila Symphony Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Joanna MacGregor Piano: Joseph Havlat Ondes martenot: Cynthia Millar Brighton Dome 13 April...
Borusan Istambul Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Tenan Cellist: Pablo Ferrandez Cadogan Hall, 08 April 2025 This pleasingly wide-ranging concert took us...
I am not a religious believer. I saw what was, for me, the light when I was eighteen and walked resolutely away...
When I was teaching English I always listened carefully to my students’ accounts of what they were reading and quite often read...
I discovered Daphne du Maurier when I first read Rebecca in my mid teens. I gobbled the whole of her backlist from...
Maidstone Symphony Orchestra 22 March 2025 Mote Hall, Maidstone The third overture (of four) which Beethoven wrote for Fidelio, his only opera...