Arguably the least musical US national anthem

In April 2023 we reported that the Putin police had broken up a Shostakovich and Weinberg recital by Polina Osetinskaya, a pianist who spoke out against the Ukraine invasion. Since then, Polina has struggled to […]

There are many artworks entitled The Kiss – Rodin, Klimt, Toulouse-Lautrec, etc – but this one is remarkable for being the very first on-screen kiss. It happened in April 1896, between actors May Irwin and […]

The BBC is reporting that members of the Welsh National Opera orchestra have accepted a pay deal after a year of protests. The price is the loss of 10 positions, which are curretnyl vacant. WNO […]