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…
Kostrovitskaya’s career as a plasterer
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
RIP John O'Brien, dear friend and wonderful teacher, to whom I owe everything as a pianist in ballet, died yesterday, 11th May 2019.
Say IT with flowers
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…
Call yourself a philosopher?
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…
Sweet Peas Are Made of This
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…