Prose and Passion

Stuck monkey is an adorable metaphor for our civilisation's dilemma - said monkey has his hand trapped in a glass jar trying to pull out...

some thoughts on Quartet: How four women changed the musical world Leah Broad Faber & Faber 2023 I’ve been a huge fan of Rebecc...

Due to climate disruption, the world has seen a vast number of devastating wildfires in recent years, and there are some of those happening ...

After the surprising success in restoring my aunt's ancient violin last November , I started to think I'd like to do a little light ...

It's always handy when a whole bunch of papers on a suitable topic arrives in a package - saves me the trouble of having to look for the...

This week I stumbled across an unusual instrument I had never heard of before, so I need to obsess a bit about it and pile up a few links he...

I’ve been playing wrong notes on our old family cello with Cowley Orchestra since 2017, and have always been intrigued by the history of ...

Some thoughts on Inherit the truth / Die Wahrheit erben by Anita Lasker-Wallfisch Giles de la Mare 1996 / Weidle Verlag 1997 I had b...

Every picture tells a story , season 2, picture 40: Johanna Kauer, the oldest of the five daughters of the station master of Adamsweil...

Bird flu only gets media attention very briefly each time it either affects industrial poultry farming or poses a danger to establish itself...

Every picture tells a story , season 2, picture 39: In season 1 we met Luise Schilling, mother of Heinrich Nagel, the station master of Mi...

Every picture tells a story , season 2, picture 38: I'm loving this family portrait dating between 1913 and 1916: The lady ...