
Men of style who are in Vogue have always looked ‘sharp’ and sensational. As my daughter in law would say, wow, they are sure eye candy on a massive scale.

Ann Thompson OAM, Director of Medici Concerts has worked tirelessly to offer a program celebrating twenty years of great classical music composed for great musicians

Sherlock Holmes side kick Dr Watson is superbly played by Martin Freeman. He is truly finding his own feet and momentum now and along with Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes they must both give the writers a great deal of inspiration just by the sheer excellence of their performances. They are a dynamic duo par excellence.

On our You Tube Channel you will find our mini-documentaries, which provide an insight into the evolution of art, design, music, fashion and style.

At the Bodleian Library, Oxford in England is a selection showcasing rare musical works, verse and ephemera collected by a former ragtime pianist Walter Harding

‘Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound’ said Henry Knight (Russell Tovey) to surely TV’s greatest dynamic duo, Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Dr Watson (Martin Freeman). Henry is the man who has literally come to see Holmes about a dog.

This is a classy, stylish soap opera with seriously good actors set in the Hamptons where life plays out against a backdrop of wealth, power, sea and sand.

Awesome! Writer Steven Moffat has surely outdone himself with the first story in the second series of Sherlock “A Scandal in Belgravia” featuring the enigmatic and erudite Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr Watson.

Bless you Lyndon Terracini of Opera Australia, for standing up and leading the change needed to make opera far more accessible to those who want to enjoy the richness it will surely add to their lives.

Riveting reading, considered DVD watching and beautiful music listening are all great can-do activities for the festive holiday season, as are long walks each day. This is the time of year we all need to recharge not only our body batteries, but also refresh our mind, spirit and soul.

It struck me while chilling out over a great movie just how important great voices have been in shaping the history of the world. They redefined the fate of their nations and its achievements by speaking with authority and by passionately displaying great compassion via their great voices.

Can’t wait for the Pan Am television series to come Australia. It’s set in the era when Aussies fell in love with America. So be sure to look to the skies and watch out for Pan Am. It’s ‘out there ‘where the air is rarified, where we can just ‘glide, starry -eyed’ and get ready to pack up and fly away

In a progressive society change is constant and people need to embrace it, or the art forms they are seeking to keep close will not be conserved, but disappear.

The Celts were, and are, exceedingly fond of gatherings, which I think is such a lovely word for bringing people together to celebrate a culture, whose origins go back into the mists of time.

Along with my passion for early music is an enjoyment and love of music written for the violencello. Often shortened to Cello. I would ride through storm and tempest to attend performances by Steven Isserlis and Peter Wispelway or the acclaimed 2Cellos, Croatian musicians Luke Sulic and Stjepan Hauser.

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well* Johann Sebastian Bach and his sons During the eighteenth century in Europe marvelous music swept all before it as contemporary composers strove to produce works that exuded ‘noble simplicity and quiet greatness’, qualities that ‘enlightened’ men and women were seeking to [...]