The fight to be heard

BIRKENAU’S WOMEN’S ORCHESTRA

There is a scene in the musical Made in Dagenham where a line of chorus girls in silver mini-dresses dances for the glamorous launch of the Ford Cortina Mark Two (helpfully singing, ‘It’s like a Mark

CONFESS

It is mid-morning at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. The main adult ICU ward is a scene of calm, professional bustle as critical care nurses and doctors attend patients, discuss medication and hu

Much about Henriëtte Bosmans’s life and music is remarkable. But one event stands out as emblematic of her character and strength. Our scene is Amsterdam in 1944, when the Nazis’ grip was on the Dutch

There comes a point in life for most of us when we say, enough. We say goodbye to responsibilities that had begun to feel more like obligations, and we either seek new challenges, or find joy in what