The orphans’ performance

“Between you and me …”

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top

The Foundling Museum, London WC1

The smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd, the flare of the floodlights – what enchantments they conjure! If you’d visited a regional playhouse over two centuries ago, though, a very differe

Dodie Smith was a Lancashire lass, born in 1896, and is mainly known for her two most famous novels – I Capture the Castle, and, of course, The Hundred and One Dalmatians. But there was a lot more to

Martin Neary (Born 1940) Organist and conductor On 31 August, Martin Neary was suddenly presented with the challenge of organising and rehearsing the music for the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales