- 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
The Importance of Being Earnest
- 30 September 2014
One of Wilde’s wittiest confections is always a welcome treat, and this oddly contrived production,...
The Fall
- 29 September 2014
For almost 40 years Mark E Smith’s sheer bloody mindedness has made The Fall one...
London Philharmonic Orchestra – Elena Tanski (violin), Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
- 29 September 2014
Rachmaninoff’s ‘Isle Of The Dead’ tone poem opened the evening fascinatingly, with a mournful and...