Pretty fly

Jazz Turner reflects on her recent record-setting around Britain voyage and her decision to turn down a hospice bed and ‘get out into the English Channel and turn right’

No matter how famous a composer is in their lifetime, their fate is decided after they die. Will their style fall quickly out of fashion? Was enough of their music published to make it possible to per

Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train ...

Vicar’s daughter Lou Featherstone was a devoted wife, doting mother and upstanding member of the PTA. Then, in her 50s, separated and solo, she set out across the US in a leopard-print bus. Here’s why…

The ONE and ONLY

Cleo Laine (Born 1927) Jazz singer Over a career spanning many decades, Cleo Laine’s richly colourful contralto voice and exceptional vocal agility won her a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performan