- 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
Palestinian Musicians in Concert
- 12 March 2018
Prize-winning pianist, Iyad Sughayer, began most delicately with Lizst’s evocative ‘Bells of Geneva’. He also...
Sophie Willan + Johnny Pelham
- 9 March 2018
Female. Northern. Working class. Sex-worker. Care leaver. In Branded, acclaimed stand-up Sophie Willan took all...
Brighton Rock
- 9 March 2018
Graham Greene’s classic novel of gangland Brighton has certainly been given a thrashing over the...






