In this issue

John Williams
Michael Beek talks exclusively to the great film music composer about his career, his concert music and the thrill of conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.

The joy of Gilbert and Sullivan
Daniel Jaffé on our enduring love affair with G&S and the thrill of singing it alongside like-minded amateurs.

Composer of the Month
Adolphe Adam, composer of ‘O Holy Night’, was the darling of 19th-century Paris, says Christopher Cook..

RICHARD THE RADICAL

For centuries Richard III has been cast as a diabolical despot who would stop at nothing in pursuit of power. But, argues Matt Lewis, in reality, Richard was a champion of the common man – and it was this that ultimately led to his downfall

10+ mins

Our Dangerous Devotion To The Second World War

The west’s enduring obsession with the battle against Nazism is hampering its efforts to meet the challenges of the modern world

10 mins

Georg Elser Hitler's Would-Be Killer

In the latest instalment of our occasional series profiling remarkable yet unheralded characters from history, Roger Moorhouse introduces a little-known carpenter-turned-assassin whose daring attempt to kill Hitler almost succeeded

6 mins

A Taste For Strange Meats And Husbands' Buttocks

From chewing coal to salivating over starch and shells, pregnant women in early modern England were consumed by a number of outlandish cravings. Jennifer Evans explores how doctors made sense of these bizarre – and sometimes dangerous – desires

7 mins

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