If you were watching this website a fortnight ago, you will have come across a post I wrote called ‘Tale Spin’, and the challenges (so-called) of writing a biography for someone like Brahms who, in comparison with some of his wilder contemporaries, did not really live the kind of life
A couple of days ago, I found myself having a Twitter exchange on a subject that I find fascinating and infuriating in equal parts. Several people were having a discussion about Brahms, and Brahms biography, and biographical approaches and writing styles. ‘Purple prose’, one person argued, was necessary in Brahms’s
A few years ago, I was putting on a little devised music theatre piece with a friend of mine for some primary school children. She suggested that, among the various well-known songs that we might include, a prime candidate was ‘Popular’ from the show Wicked. It’s a great song, catchy
