Tagged with history

Major sites of WWI in Nord-Pas de Calais

Major sites of WWI in Nord-Pas de Calais

Next year marks the 100th anniversary of World War One and as 2014 quickly approaches us, we remember the brave soldiers who fought in Northern France during the Great War. Between 1914 – 1918 the Nord-Pas de Calais region was one of the major battlegrounds of World War One. Nearly 100 years on, visitors from … Continue reading

David Bowie is – Review

David Bowie is – Review

  To represent David Bowie, his many alter-egos and his phenomenal music career in a museum setting you’re setting yourself up for a hard task, especially when adoring fans and music lovers are bound to have high expectations. However, the V & A have done a fantastic job in curating an exhibition that is just … Continue reading

The Land, life and love of Puccini

The Land, life and love of Puccini

 Visiting some of the best Puccini hotspots in Tuscany Regarded as one of the great operatic composers of the early 20th century, Giacomo Puccini still has a heavy musical imprint on the city of Lucca and surrounding comuni.  The proudness of association with the composer is apparent and almost oozes between the medieval stones of … Continue reading