Peterloo: Mike Leigh – British Democracy’s Defining Moment
Appalling as it was, the massacre known as Peterloo, is a defining event in the evolution of western democracy and to remember it today, is to honour the fallen
Revolutionaries
Peterloo: GiveAway – Win 1×10 Double Passes – ENTER NOW!
Peterloo: In 1819, the massacre of families attending a rally to hear Henry Hunt speak about parliamentary reform, took place on Peter’s Field near Manchester
Brandenburg Quartet: In Fine Tune – Salon: MRC, Melbourne
The Brandenburg Quartet gave a highly sophisticated performance at MRC, Melbourne recently; exceptional playing, sensitively nuanced – full of emotion and drama
James Boswell – Cherished Companion and Observer of History
London during the second half of the eighteenth century was a place where extremes met. It was full of things to do and see, of people and, of excitement. It was also at the heart of affairs both great and small.
Revolutionaries and Romantics – Politics, Poetry and Passion
The late 18th and early 19th century in England, Europe and America was a period of romantics and revolutionaries, politics, poetry, passion and enlightenment