In June 2020, a crowd of protesters gathered around the statue of King Louis IX of France in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, demanding its removal. They
The French composer’s cantatas - mini operas in all but name – are being staged for the first time in the UK. They are among many forgotten works by women from past centuries. We’re missing out on amazing music, writes <strong>Toria Banks</strong>
In the 1670s, Louis XIV of France was the target of a series of assassination attempts involving poisons and necromancy. But who was the perpetrator? Josephine Wilkinson untangles a conspiracy that scandalised a nation