- 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
Ralph Steadman and Ceri Levy – Extinct Boids
- 7 May 2013
Cartoonist Ralph Steadman, Hunter S. Thompson and Bruce Robinson’s favoured illustrator and scathing political satirist,...
The Disappearances Project
- 7 May 2013
The Disappearances Project was a heart-rending journey through the experiences of the families of those...
Damian Barr – Maggie and Me
- 7 May 2013
Damian Barr’s eighties memoir, ‘Maggie and Me’, is serendipitously timely given the death of Margaret...






