Michael White’s classical news: London Guitar Festival; Shostakovich; Peregrine Voices; Errolyn Wallen
Helen Charlston [Benjamin Ealovega] THE world of the guitar always feels like a self-contained department of classical music,…
‘People remember the moquette – even if they don’t know they do’
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‘They go from woman to woman and you wonder, wouldn’t it be easier for them to just get a job?’
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‘Stella did not achieve the recognition or success in her lifetime her work deserves’
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Review: Every Brilliant Thing, at @Soho Place
Lenny Henry in Every Brilliant Thing [Helen Murray] FIRST presented at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014, this…
‘I’m not popular in Japan, so I’m surprised to be in a bookshop in London’
Asako Yusuki, centre, signing copies of Butter in Piccadilly Waterstones last week HERS has been the name on…
Twain spotting: ’The Lincoln of our literature’ in London
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Still lives: the rapid rise of female statues in London
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Harrington: Novel becomes an exposé
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Stevie Wonder is flawless at unforgettable Hyde Park show
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