- 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
Lionel Shriver: Who Needs Another Book?
- 13 May 2013
The New Writing South Annual Lecture was a wise, waspish and witty meditation on the...
The Beethoven Project – Part 2, Elias String Quartet
- 13 May 2013
The Elias Quartet continued to stamp their distinctive mark on Beethoven’s quartets, perhaps too distinctly...
No Moral Compass
- 13 May 2013
There is nothing I enjoy more than going out on a Friday night to see...