Henry Thoreau famously went to live alone in a small house he built for himself: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I […]
Culture
‘Atma’, the soul of sitar
British-Asian Roopa Panesar is one of a growing group of women who are professional sitarists. She will be at the Barbican Centre in London on Saturday 18 February. Roopa, who began playing sitar at the age of 7, is considered one of the best sitar players on the Indian […]
Alexander the Great at the British Library
If you love books or are intrigued by the figure of Alexander the Great and his achievements, the exhibition at the British Library makes for compelling viewing. Sean Sheehan What you see is a treasure trove of objects, mostly books, from 25 countries in 21 languages, which have […]
Fragments of a dream
Marking the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup. A group of people come together in the Welsh town of Machynlleth to produce “El sueño existe” (The dream lives on), a festival of politics and culture. Mydylarama team This is the subject of Pablo Navarrete and Teilo Vellacott’s short doc Fragments […]
Slow travel
The virtues of train travel when compared to flying are now obvious and they were recalled last year in a book review about train travel in Europe. Sean Sheehan New routes are being announced or planned and travellers need to watch the news to keep up to date; […]