Daily Archives: Feb 12, 2008
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German quote of the week
Thanks to the big screen in the Frankfurt underground for this: Der Utopist sieht das Paradies, der Realist das Paradies plus Schlange — Friedrich...
Here’s one lot who’ll be smiling about the Guevara story
I should welcome Billy as the latest entrant to the Cherwell24 blogging community. His funereal post on how McCain’s going to be six feet...
Single Review: David Ford, "I’m Alright Now"
February 14th sees the release of “I’m Alright Now”, the newest single from English singer-songwriter David Ford. Thematically, the single sits between the somewhat...
Maggini String Quartet at the Hollywell Music room, 10th February 2008
The Maggini String Quartet gave a solid performance of a diverse and challenging programme at the Holywell Music Room, as part of the...
Quartetto di Cremona at the Holywell Music Room, 10th February 2008
Click here to listen to the Quartetto di Cremona performing Haydn op.76 n.4 Sunrise Menuet. Four men, three unshaven, enter the room wearing dark suits:...
Oxford Philomusica play Tchaikovsky, 8/2/2008
Oxford Philomusica play Tchaikovsky, 8/2/2008 “Worthless, unplayable”, said Nikolai Rubenstein of Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto soon after it was written. Yet it has...
Catching the tiger and the dragon
I think we all agree now that China and India are the economic powers of the future. But do the German media do justice...
Foreign Students like "Safe" UK
95 per cent of international students rate Britain as being an “attractive or very attractive” place to study, research has shown.The study, undertaken by...
Coffee Concert: The Adderbury Ensemble playing Vaughan-Williams and Mozart
Holywell Music Room, 3rd February 2008 Every Sunday morning at the Holywell Music Room some of Britain’s finest musicians come to display...