- 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
A Celebration of William Byrd, The Cardinall’s Musick
- 21 May 2012
Andrew Carwood is a very blessed man to be conducting such fine singers who respond...
The Music and Legacy of Joy Division
- 18 May 2012
I was mesmerised in my youth by footage of Joy Division performing ‘She’s Lost Control’...
The Charles Dickens Literary Cabaret
- 18 May 2012
Performance group Scary Little Girls hosted an evening of literary nudges and Dickensian winks in...






