Enescu & Lipatti
I spent a lovely evening at the Romanian Cultural Institute's Enescu Society on Thursday. They have a series of concerts in the L-shaped salon of their beautiful ambassadorial house in Belgrave Square,
Emulation and evisceration
Noel Malcolm tells the story of western intellectual fascination with the Ottoman empire from the fall of Constantinople in 1453
Empty labels
'To eat less soya, eat more of it. The paradox bites only on those who are unaware of how much soya is contained in the meat they eat'
Empty-Dumpty…
...sat on the wall of the new Lottery-funded arts building and wondered where all the people were...
Empire loyalist
John Buchan’s labours not only served the public good: they provided the raw material and characters for his thrillers
Emma Sergeant: Studies in untruth
Revealing how portraiture scares subjects who would prefer to be photo-shopped
Elgar for Remembrance
"Herein is enshrined the soul of ....." Those five dots, placed by Elgar at the head of his Violin Concerto, have been causing everyone much fuss, bother and excitement ever since —
Election Pre-Post-Mortem
If the Tories don't win a solid majority in today's election they have only themselves to blame. Given the unpopularity of Gordon Brown and the state of the economy, a resounding victory
Eid at the Kandahar Airfield
Muslims across the world celebrated Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, on Tuesday - commemorating Abraham's sacrifice. This year Eid came just a few days after Remembrance Sunday marking the sacrifice of
Egos and Enigmas
The first ego is my own: I'm a guest commentator on BBC4's TV broadcast of tonight's Prom. It's the Halle conducted by Sir Mark Elder: John Fouls April - England, Beethoven Piano