An extremely rare interview with the grande dame of British pianism, heroine of the Blitz. She also talks of making false crescendos to mask the noise of flying bombs. ‘When the bomb went away, I […]
In March 1770, the 14-year-old Mozart presented three magnificent arias at a soirée of Count Firmian’s in Milan: this led to his first commission, for an opera seria for one of Italy’s three principal theatres. The resulting […]
Underdog: The Other Other Brontë – National Theatre Click here for tickets We think we know who the Brontes were, right? Three sad spinsters with a martinet father and an alcoholic brother, marooned in a […]