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As can happen from time to time when juggling booking dates, I recently enjoyed a two-opera weekend - catching opening performances of Nico ...

I imagine it's fair to say that the artist Rachel Whiteread is still best known for her major 'public' works. In the UK, she won...

The work/life/blog balance has been heavily weighted towards work/life in the last couple of weeks. To calm myself - and I hope bring you so...

While I realise we are spoilt for cultural choice in London, I am still greedy enough to wish that Opera North were also just down the road....

Since retiring, my mum and dad have probably focused on the normal 'H'-related activities (home, holidays, and inevitably, a bit of ...

I should say upfront - as I normally do when posting about the Disappointment Choir - that they are friends of mine. Full disclosure and all...

As someone who's obsessed with both music and portrait photography, I doubt I'll surprise anyone when I say that I've always bee...