Literature

I came to ‘Journey into the Past’ by way of a film. Watching Patrice Leconte’s ‘A Promise’, I was taken by its style, elegance and story. The locations and costumes are beautifully realised, and the performances, particularly Rebecca Hall’s, are finely judged. Yet even as...

29 April, 2026 /

Simone Young conducted the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in their February performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony at the Sydney Opera House earlier this year. The fourth movement alto soloist was Israeli Noa Beinart. She was sublime. One of the notables in the audience that night was...

28 November, 2025 /