Join the Colour of Music Festival for a performance of Hiawantha’s Wedding Feast followed by the Black Classical Renaissance Gala Benefit. Maestro Kazem Adbullah will open the Colour of Music Festival’s Masterworks series, as he conducts Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s magnificent orchestra and choralRead more
The city of Charleston in South Carolina and Charleston, a small farmhouse in Sussex, England, share the reputation of being epicenters of modernism in the first half of the 20th century. Charleston in the UK, the rural home of theRead more
Shakespeare is both omnipresent and mysterious. In his new novel, Fools and Mortals (published in the States early next year), Bernard Cornwell, the internationally bestselling author, explores the legends surrounding Shakespeare by recreating the life of the playwright's younger brother Richard.Read more
Marjorie Spruill's recent book Divided We Stand charts the history and aftermath of "the most important event nobody knows about" (Gloria Steinem): the National Women's Conference which took place in Houston in 1977. Did it pave the way for an irrevocableRead more
Ben Okri with Jonathan Green Against the backdrop of our troubling times, the poet and novelist Ben Okri offers a timely and timeless meditation on the qualities we need to survive and transcend the age in which we live. HisRead more
William Nicholson and Miranda Sawyer with Juliet Nicolson For some, life begins in middle age; for others, it is a time for stocktaking or even dread. Journalist and broadcaster Miranda Sawyer's mid-life crisis struck in her forties. It did notRead more
