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Verdi—Opera on a Plate
Walter Iuzzolino seeks out the perfect match of food and music, entwined in Italian opera.
Puccini—Opera on a Plate
Walter Iuzzolino seeks out the perfect match of food and music, entwined in Italian opera.
Rossini—Opera on a Plate
Walter Iuzzolino seeks out the perfect match of food and music, entwined in Italian opera.
Jean Sprackland - Foxes' Castle, Somerset—Empty Spaces
Jean Sprackland finds love, loss, and nature鈥檚 return in a Somerset ruin.
Zakiya McKenzie - Les Landes, Jersey—Empty Spaces
Writer Zakiya McKenzie feels ancient links to Les Landes, a wild heath in Jersey.
Sean L矛onadh - Govan Docks, Glasgow—Empty Spaces
Poet Sean L矛onadh explores Glasgow鈥檚 abandoned Govan Docks and the echoes of lost industry
Jay Hulme - St Roberts Cave, Knaresborough—Empty Spaces
Poet Jay Hulme enters a medieval hermit鈥檚 cave to uncover faith in solitude.
Liz Berry - Selly Oak Library, Birmingham—Empty Spaces
Poet Liz Berry mourns the abandoned Selly Oak Library in Birmingham.
10. Bedfordshire—The Song Detectorists
Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
9. Northamptonshire—The Song Detectorists
Matthew Bannister travels across England finding out about music discovered in archives.
