Dickens and Music
Charles Dickens’s relationship with music, in real life and in his works, will be explored at the Music@Malling Festival (Thursday September 27 - Sunday September 30), a few miles away from Dickens’s...
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Dear Santa
A trawl through the newspapers’ Books of the Year has reminded me of some of the books, particularly non-fiction, that I’d really like to read: The Victorian City by Judith Flanders and Books to Die...
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A Day at the Opera
On January 7, a day-long,behind-the-scenes look at the workings of the Royal Opera House will be streamed live on the opera’s own website, The Space, and The Guardian, starting at 10.30am. Recently,...
View ArticleA moving little film
Thanks to Jessica Duchen for drawing our attention to this film. It’s very short – watch right to the end.
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5 Books inspired by Beethoven’s 5th
An article by Matthew Guerrieri in Publishers Weekly.
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Inspector Banks’s music
Following a tip from a listener to Radio 3′s Breakfast programme, I visited Peter Robinson’s website to find playlists of music listened to by Inspector Banks during several of the novels. Mostly...
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