- 25 October 2025
Well, what has Oscar Wilde got to do with early music? It’s complicated but it...
- 23 October 2025
Viols of all sizes were very popular in Tudor and Stuart Britain but they fell...
- 22 October 2025
Craig Jordan-Baker discusses his new book Brick Dust, exploring themes of family, hoarding, and the...
- 20 October 2025
Isn’t it rather naughty to be obsessed with nuns? Well, when their music is so...
- 20 October 2025
There’s a very good reason that Coleridge-Taylor’s work was so popular 100 years ago, and...
Reviews
Bad Manners
- 11 June 2012
Take some tight-ass horns, stir in a dollop of kicking rhythm section, top off with...
The Doors Alive
- 11 June 2012
From the moment ‘Jim’ arrived onstage to the moment the first piece of ladies’ underwear...
Swamp Juice
- 11 June 2012
This was genuinely one of the most life enriching theatrical experiences I’ve ever had. Shadow...






