Arguably the least musical US national anthem

From a reader: Saturday’s performance of Saul had to be abandoned minutes before the final curtain because of a power outage. The announcements from the stage were almost inaudible from my seat in the Upper […]

George Orwell Click here to watch Perhaps the most influential English writer of the 20th century and one of the most important chroniclers of British culture of his generation, George Orwell,  born Eric Arthur Blair in […]

Bolshoi goers have been complaining on Russian social media about huge proce increases at the Bolshoi since Valery Gergiev was granted supreme power last year by Vladimir Putin. A good seat in the stalls has […]