King’s College is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the completion of the Chapel stonework. Having just had the builders in myself I’m...

Only one year ago I remained generally ignorant of Commonwealth Day, but this year’s celebration (which, now you know, always falls on...

A minor pleasure of visiting Ireland is recognising alternative versions of things we do in the UK, like posting letters in green...

Another Christmas-themed visit, this time to St James’ Church Piccadilly to hear the Nonsuch Singers under their charismatic conductor...

My contribution to WNO’s Occupation project (with librettist Tim Hopkins and director Margaret Constantas) has gone online – it is The...

Benjamin Grosvenor gave the first performance of my new piano piece Day Break Shadows Flee in the lunchtime Prom this week – thanks to...

For the last few months I’ve been working on a fascinating project with the provocatively named violin-cello duo High Heels and Horse...

After my harrowing visit to 4:48 Psychosis last weekend, I found myself amidst a theatre audience who laughed uproariously for three...

This week’s first church visit has been to St Mary-le-Bow, which was smashed to smithereens in 1941 but is now a bright, confident...

The Opera Dortmund production of Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Spinne opens tonight. This is the even-more-mysterious (and slightly longer)...