- 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
BPO – Belshazzar’s Feast; Enigma Variations – Cody Quattlebaum (baritone), Ben Gernon (conductor)
- 10 February 2025
What a feast of English music! Everyone knows Elgar’s Enigma Variations, but that usually means...
BIRDSONG
- 6 February 2025
Adaptations are so much a part of contemporary theatre that one has to wonder what...
JACK STRIPPED BACK
- 30 January 2025
I love panto, in almost all its forms, but especially a traditional pantomime from the...






