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The macabre imagination and erratic life of the man behind Christmas story The Nutcracker

It’s that time of year when our favourite Christmas stories reemerge to dominate the stage and screen. Prominent among them is The Nutcracker, a classic 19th-century tale that has been adapted in a variety of forms, but is best known as Tchaikovsky’s 1892 ballet.

The Conversation · Dec 21, 2025

The week in classical: The Tales of Hoffmann; Philharmonia/ Salonen; Berlin Philharmonic/ Petrenko – review

Wild fantasies take hold in Offenbach’s compellingly strange opera; Lawrence Power is more than a match for Magnus Lindberg’s new Viola Concerto; and to the underworld with the Berlin Phil

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2024

The Tales of Hoffmann review – fun, carnivalesque staging goes to the dark side

Damiano Michieletto’s production of Offenbach’s opéra fantastique is full of warped wit and devilish touches with a fine cast bringing this colourful fever-dream to life

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024

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30 Creepy Dolls That Might Give You Nightmares

Are haunted dolls real? Who knows, but this Facebook group has some creepy ones to share. The post 30 Creepy Dolls That Might Give You Nightmares first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · Jul 1, 2024

Best supporting players: Brahms and the Schumanns

Brahms’s friendship with Robert Schumann was brief – but life-changing, while he and Clara supported and inspired each other to the end of their days. Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor on the trio’s musical and personal connections

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2023

The Nutcracker review – modernised magic

The final production from outgoing artistic director Tom Morris draws fresh weirdness from ETA Hoffmann’s source story

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022

How crime fiction went global, embracing themes from decolonisation to climate change

Once seen as the purview of British and American writers, crime fiction is very much a global phenomenon. Fictional investigators such as Lisbeth Salander, Kurt Wallander and Jules Maigret are now perhaps as well known as Hercule Poirot, Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe.

The Conversation · Aug 30, 2022

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Fashion, fabrics and fishtails – why we need to talk about what female classical performers wear

Classical performance is a visual as well as aural experience, so why are female soloists’ choices of outfit so rarely discussed, apart from in diminishing terms?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2022

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