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Food: A Scandalous History
Dr Rosalind Crone (cturer, History), author of ‘iolent Victorians’ explored the history of the adulteration of food with food critic and presenter Giles Coren in ‘ood: A Scandalous History’ which took a trip back to the days of Victorian food scandals Continue reading
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Rest is Noise at Southbank explores roots of American music
A line-up of Arts Faculty speakers will be participating in ‘America – A new world discovers its voice’ at London’s Southbank Centre Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March as part of the Rest Is noise festival Continue reading
Easy listening?
The final episode of The Sound and the Fury broadcast on BBC Four on Tuesday 26 February 2013. Following the turmoil of totalitarianism and war, “Easy Listening” looks at how post-war composers began to bring back elements of rhythm, metre and harmony to music. The Rest Is Noise year long music festival is a major collaboration between the Open University, the Southbank Centre, BBC and London Philharmonic Orchestra. Continue reading