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Puccini, Il Trittico
On the 14th of December of 1918 Puccini had three operas premiered by the Metropolitan Opera. These three operas are quite unique in that they are each a self contained one act opera but were originally composed to be performed…
Diamond Jubliee Official CD
There are still a lot of us around that either count the United Kingdom as our birthplace or at least our ancestor’s birthplace. And then there are a lot of us who, whether or not we believe in independence respect…
Jeanne d'Arc, Jordi Savall
Joan of Arc is one of the most romanticised saints in popular culture. Her life and death was so dramatic that she continues to inspire artists today. Jordi Savall originally wrote the soundtrack for Jacques Rivette’s movie “Jeanne la Pucelle”…
Welcome to Normal by Nick Earls
[[earls]]Eight stories make up Nick Earls’s most recent collection, Welcome to Normal – each of them vivid, self-contained examples of what longform storytelling can achieve. Caught somewhere between a novella and short fiction, these pieces give something of the depth…
The Rest is Weight by Jennifer Mills
[[Mills]]One of the problems with many short story collections – particularly those that gather together the disparate works of a single author over time – is the tendency to repeat the same few notes. Finding one’s voice, or fine-tuning a…
Graceland (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) by Paul Simon
Besides the luminously re-mastered original Graceland, the deluxe edition includes a treasure trove of details that shed light on the entire project that became Graceland.
The controversy that surrounded Simon following the release of this album is included…
The Red Wheelbarrow by Briony Stewart
[[brionystewart]]This wordless picture book, with two alternating stories (left and right pages tell a different tale), was inspired by a poem of the same name by William Carlos Williams (see below).
The right-hand pages are the main event, depicting with…
The Owl and the Pussycat and Other Nonsense Rhymes by Edward Lear
[[edwardlear]]In celebration of the bicentenary of Edward Lear’s birth in May this year comes this wonderful collection of his best loved nonsense poems. Think ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’, ‘The Jumblies’, ‘The Dong with the Luminous Nose’, and all those…
Small Change For Stuart by Lissa Evans
[[lissaevans]]This is a ripper little adventure that has magic, mystery and family intrigue.
Stuart and his family have moved back to his dad’s hometown where he finds out that a great uncle, whose disappearance has never been solved, was also…
Deadweather and Sunrise: The Chronicles of Egg by Geoff Rodkey
[[geoffrodkey]]If you like the swashbuckling thrills of pirates on the high seas, villains at every turn, and the power of true love, then this story is for you. The first in a series of books about young Egbert, quickly renamed…
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