Buena Vista Social Club don't just do songs when they play live, they do epic excursions into the traditions and virtuosity of Cuban music. And what virtuosos were present on this Buena Vista tour.Read
Clowns can be a little creepy, which for me has a lot to do with Stephen King's murderous clown Pennywise in his novel It. But I had no idea that there is an official fear of face-paint, funny wigs, oversized shoes and water-squirting flowers.Read
David Lloyd has been carrying 10 picture books around with him for the last three months. They go everywhere he goes, and when I meet him at Seven Stories, the centre for children's books, they are all tucked neatly under his arm.Read
For some reason, sharing experiences of Russia often involves recalling the potency of Russian vodka. Ellen Kent, who spent last year reshaping the Russian Classical Ballet Theatre, naturally has a vodka moment to share from her travels.Read
It began with messing around with his mobile phone in a car park and ended in an art exhibition in Sunderland, as Tim Brennan explains to Tamzin Lewis.Read
The 200-year-old Lit & Phil has never had a writer in residence. Now they've got poet Sheree Mack who tells Tamzin Lewis about floggings, slavery and today's National Poetry Day.Read
