- 26 October 2025
On the day we turn the clocks back, ready for winter, we were transported by...
- 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...
Reviews
TOP HAT
- 25 July 2025
This year’s musical revival from Chichester Festival Theatre is Irving Berlin’s Top Hat. Built around...
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
- 23 July 2025
Tudor England, an age of British history that is perhaps the most familiar, the one...
FALSTAFF
- 21 July 2025
In a week of two Shakespeare comedies for me, Glyndebourne’s revival of their wittily shifted...






