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Royal Art

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The Royal Academy’s big New Year exhibition is Charles I, King and Collector bringing together paintings and other works collected by the seventeenth century King, many of which have since been dispersed around the world. We went along on Friday … Continue reading

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Voice of the Earth

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At Sala Paul on that wet and windy Wednesday night it all felt a bit like a party. There were foreigners in the audience, but lots of Spanish, locals, too. We were all there to see Jerezano David Carpio, singing … Continue reading

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We interrupt this broadcast…

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We interrupt this broadcast… well, series of articles… about wonderful music and dance in southern Spain… to make an important announcement. Tickets for the 2018 Clapham Book Festival are ON SALE NOW. Go to https://www.omnibus-clapham.org/clapham-book-festival/ where you’ll be able to find … Continue reading

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Dancing to Different Tunes

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Sometimes it’s instructive to go back to where a tradition comes from so as to really appreciate just how innovative recent developments are. Santiago Lara did that to great effect on the middle Saturday of the 2018 Festival de Jerez, … Continue reading

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The Guitar in Time

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A guitar must be ‘in time’ with the music, particularly so with the fluid, changing rhythms of flamenco, but this is a punning title too. Only someone supremely skilled and confident in their own ability would present a set which summoned … Continue reading