Spring has sprung

The playful, melancholic genius of Erik Satie

THE PICK OF THIS WEEK’S RADIO

IT’S midsummer, and this is usually the season when gardens are supposed to look their best – brimming with colour, buzzing with life, weed-free and calm, relaxing places for lounging with friends or

Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro spent time in London, but it took James McNeill Whistler to act as artistic bridge with Britain and the ‘sweetened’ Impressionism of Jules Bastien-Lepage to inspire most homegrown painters, says Caroline Bugler

Poetry that blends music, mortality and fame

Wendy Rigg is planning a summer of festival fun – but what is it about nostalgic music that makes us feel so good?