A Brief History of Classical Music: A Tale of Time, Tonality and Timbre
Learn about music history in musical termsWhat distinguishes the major periods in music history: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern...
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House of Spies: St Ermin’s Hotel, the London Base of British Espionage
St. Ermin’s Hotel has been synonymous with British espionage since the 1930s, when the SIS (MI6) was situated nearby at 54 Broadway. Bristling with intelligen...
The Paradise of All These Parts: A Natural History of Boston
How much does the current landscape of Boston, Massachusetts, resemble the place that Captain John Smith referred to in 1614 as "the Paradise of all these parts...