if i thought you were listening, i'd never say a word

It's been a long time since we've had an Autumn like this.

I have described the first part of the concert by the Silisean Quartet in another post. There was an interval, when the Wigmore's piano...

To the Wigmore Hall one fine evening earlier this week to hear the Silesian String Quartet. The Silesians played the two string quartets, B...

We west-London-suburb people think we have the best parks: Richmond Park, Bushey Park, Virginia Water, Hampton Court. All terribly royal. B...

Sis and I went to Hastings recently. OK. Stop rolling your eyes. We didn't know , okay? A day or so afterwards, I started to wonder: w...

To the QEH Saturday to hear an hour's worth of Xenakis. The QEH is a 900-seater with reasonable rake up the rows. The stage is fairly n...

I used to write about political and social issues. Do that now, taking the media as one's lead, and one winds up dealing, mostly, with...