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On the Keys is about the most versatile of instruments, the piano. But it also features the organ, the harpsichord and most anything that has a keyboard or manual. All genres are fair game, including song cycles, concertos, sonatas, amplified piano, even the piano in the symphony orchestra.  Play along with the keyboard question each week. Send answers to keys@scpublicradio.org and if you get the answer correct your name will be read on one of the following shows. No using the internet!   Scr...

CONOR MITCHELL’S childrens play The Musician is a prequel to The Pied Piper of Hamelin, known to most through the version by the Brothers Grimm and the poetry of Robert Browning. Written, directed, composed and choreographed by Mitchell for the Belfast Ensemble, its also an introduction to operatic style and convention, challenging children to embrace the power of music while also engaging in what is, effectively, a morality tale. The story is of a boy alone in the world. Into his path steps ...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. How To Overcome the Sins of the Father A short story about balancing work and love.   The day she left I was busy finishing a huge landscape. It was an epic canvas. The piece de resistance for my upcoming one-man show. I remember talking to her from my studio. Telling her all about my pa...

Tel: +44 (0)1937 546546 Fiona Sampson in conversation with Peter Salmon about a remarkable poet Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been rescheduled. It will now take place on Tuesday 23 March 2021, 19.30 – 20.30. Previously booked tickets will still be valid. This is an online event hosted by Unique Media. Bookers will be sent a link in advance giving access and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time. “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways," poet...

The best sunrise quotes of all time March 5, 2021 | Surfing Have you ever woke up early to watch the sun greet and bring a new morning? It is definitely worth it. Enjoy the most inspiring sunrise quotes of all time. The sunrise is one of Natures finest moments and often disputes the preferences with sunsets. The golden hour can be hypnotic and mesmerizing. But for early birds and dawn patrol surfers, theres really nothing more magical than dawn. Poets, painters, musicians, and artists, in gen...

books and culture A Definitive Dig in the Graham Greene Quarry In brisk, cinematic prose reminiscent of the author’s own, Richard Greene shows his subject both fair criticism and sympathy. Arts and Culture In this witty, elegant, revelatory biography, Richard Greene states that his “book takes a very high view of Graham Greene’s accomplishments, and so endorses the common opinion of three generations of writers and critics that he is one of the most important figures in m...

Senior Corner columnist Betty Rhodes on managing pain and "Living Longer & Loving It."

Last modified on Thu 25 Feb 2021 08.23 EST “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways,” asked Elizabeth Barrett Browning in 1850, unwittingly turning herself from one of Britain’s pre-eminent poets into a Valentine’s card fixture. It wasn’t just the words, which are still lovely, but the way they tend to be read in conjunction with the story of her clandestine courtship by fellow-poet Robert Browning. In 1846, after a year and a half of epistolary romance and secret mee...

Robert Browning, MD, Veronica Thames will serve on the hospital board for three-year terms. Browning is a general surgeon who specializes in robotic surgery and has performed more than 500 cases. McLeod is the president and CEO of Senior Friendship Centers and Veronica Thames is the senior vice president for administration and chief operating officer at Gulf Coast Community Foundation. The new board members will join other community leaders and physicians on the board advising the hospital lea...

The Straits Times Battling monsters to reach dark towers door In this week’s edition of Book Box, we look at new poetry, including long-awaited collections by Singapore Writers Festival directors past and present, as well as a fresh biography of Singapore’s unofficial poet laureate Edwin Thumboo Yeow Kai Chai’s new collection One To The Dark Tower Comes is a journey through grief and self-discovery, with many of the poems written in the months before his father died in 2008.ST PHOTO: CHON...