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Lindow Man: how did he come to be sacrificed?
This topic was day three of a five part introduction to the European Galleries of the British Museum run at the City Lit and the Museum on 26 July 2013. I hope to re-run the course in summer 2014. We explored the mystery of Lindow man in the context of British history in the period… Read more »
Dmitri Shostakovich
Prokofiev and Shostakovich This course examined how two Russian composers came to terms with the constraints of living and working under the Soviet regime. Unlike their contemporaries, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky, both Prokofiev and Shostakovich found ways to express their artistic integrity within the strict confines of Soviet Russia. They were both censored at times but… Read more »
Highlights of the British Museum
This video was created for online groups during the Pandemic. https://youtu.be/u6VIV2w8di0
