Prenez Garde

Primo Levi’s account of the year (1944/45) he was at Auschwitz was published in Britain in 1947 as If This is a Man. I can say no more – I haven’t read it but it is on order.

Reading Maketh a Full Man

These authors have recently been introduced to me. I have read the first in the Erast Fandorin and David Audley series and have all the James Marwood historical thrillers ahead of me.

I Did It Steinway

At the end of last month I missed one of the best proms this year: Yunchan Lim playing Beethoven, Bruckner and Tüür.

A Little Night Music

Yesterday evening I sat under a London plane in Kensington Gardens near the Albert Memorial for a picnic.

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Categorised as Music

Celia and Mamaine

Those of us who don’t write should be aware of the painstaking labour undertaken by successful writers.

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Categorised as Literature

Banana Mess

Biosecurity poses a significant risk across the globe. In the UK diseases threaten humans, animals, birds and flora. There are precautions in place to mitigate the ones we know about.