Tom Lehrer on Desert Island Discs

A blunt email from the festival said today that rising costs were imposing economies on th festival in its 150th anniversary year. Here’s the official line: The current cost developments pose major challenges for the […]

Kin – National Theatre At Home Click here to watch In 1932, Leah and her family escaped persecution and embarked on a journey from Yemen to Palestine.Ninety years later, her grandson Amit Lahav, Artistic Director […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his last symphony with left hand alone. A heart attack in 1966, followed by several falls and fractures, left him heavily disabled. His solution was […]