Posts for June 2013

In a three part blog, London-based composer Michael Zev Gordon guides us through the process of writing a commissioned…

Violinist Callum Smart came to wide public attention when, at the age of thirteen, he was the strings category winner …

This year’s Cheltenham Music Festival brings you an exclusive double bill featuring pianist James Rhodes and Pen…

‘Come on now, be honest! Which one of you wouldn’t rather listen to his hairdresser than Hercules? Or Horatius…

Cheltenham’s Pittville Pump Room houses one of the most beautiful and prized gamelan in the country. In this Bri…

There are some great stories being told at Cheltenham Science Festival, but not all of them get aired inside a white m…

Event: Of Mice and Men – Adam Rutherford and Steve Brown Science broadcaster Adam Rutherford chaired the event Of …

Event: Sleepless in Cheltenham – Dr Kirstie Anderson, Dr John Stradling and Russell Foster It is well known that s…

The Times Cheltenham Science Festival is a six-day celebration of science, engineering and the arts aimed solely at th…

Tea: the nation’s favourite beverage and a drink synonymous with British culture. As one of the 40 million Britons…

Welcome to Festivals’ Book Club, in association with Vintage Books. Each month, we’ll be reading a different titl…

March 1912: Twenty-four-year-old Elspeth Dunn, a published poet and a fisherman’s wife, has never seen the world bey…

I usually succumb to three bouts of the common cold a year – once over Christmas, once during exams and the final wi…

1992, was the year it hit me! As I entered the brave new world of primary education, I remember being startled with th…

Why composers and conductors talk to each other… “Lance, is it OK if he injects you with some sort of clear …

Event: Will Humans Evolve in the Future? – Mark Thomas, Damian Bailey, David Green and Simon Watts In Will Humans …

Event: Liquid Crystals: From Butterflies To iPads – Professor Stephen Kelly Children all over Britain are taught …

What happens if a newt’s leg is cut off? Or a gecko’s tail auto-amputated? The cells simply multiply to grow bac…

The surface of the Sun is a searing 5,500 degrees Celsius, with an ionised atmosphere that is brimming with magnetic f…

Tim Clutton-Brock’s work on meerkats in the Kalahari Desert led to the launch of the first ever animal docu-soap Mee…

The second edition of Litmus is out now, so don’t forget to pick up your copy at the Festival! In case you can&#…