John Colman (1913–1995): a remarkable life, and a wonderful interview
John Colman (1913–1995) was a pianist with a remarkable career. I knew little about him until I came across an interview with him in a journal, which is free to…
Jonathan Still, ballet pianist
Music, dance, IT, trivia. Not necessarily in that order.
John Colman (1913–1995) was a pianist with a remarkable career. I knew little about him until I came across an interview with him in a journal, which is free to…
In these days when artists are insulted by the idea of having to retrain as something else, let's take a moment to remember Vera Kostrovitskaya, famous pedagogue—and plasterer, restorer of…
RIP John O'Brien, dear friend and wonderful teacher, to whom I owe everything as a pianist in ballet, died yesterday, 11th May 2019.
I rather liked the effect of having random flowers on this otherwise rather stark page, so here comes the hollyhock. I wonder how many people that bought posters of Georgia…
From the terrific Metafilter comes a link to the Battleground God quiz on The Philosphers Magazine, in which you argue with the server about the existence and nature of God…
If, like me, you haven’t had a garden of your own until very recently, you’ll understand why I had to rush out and take a picture of my very fragrant…