Specs

Throughout Offenbach's 'Les Contes d'Hoffmann' ('The Tales of Hoffmann') at the Royal Opera House, the word 'lux...

A relatively short, sharp post this time - as the message is a sincere, but simple one. I've written a few times in the past about the...

Hello again. I hadn't meant to let quite this long go by without a blog post, but there it is. Life got in the way. Some bits of rubbish...

Not only is this my second art-related post in a row - but another in my slightly regrettable series of 'just in time' features: Ant...

If you're London way, there is still just time to catch two vastly different, but equally dazzling, exhibitions: William Eggleston's...

Bellini's opera 'Norma' is justifiably famous for at least two reasons: as one of the most highly-regarded works in the 'bel...

A while ago now, I wrote a couple of Specs posts which each looked at different performances of a particular art song. I was planning to car...