In October 2023, former prisoner Stephen Jackley published his book “Just Time” , a revealing memoir and account of the reality of life behind bars in UK prisons. He was sentenced to 13 years for armed robbery and associated crimes, spending time in multiple prisons. Whilst in prison, he...
While he compares himself to Tom, the supersonic F-14 Tomcat, and fears that his relative lack of speed will hamper the team effort in a race to Australia, it’s actually his unique ability to land on a very short, unsurfaced runway which eventually saves the team because he collects t...
However, the government has faced criticism for releasing more than 1,700 prisoners in England and Wales early. The early release scheme was introduced to deal with overcrowding in prisons which, according to the Ministry of Justice, has brought jails to the “point of collapse”. I...
showed no signs of being 20 years older. The band supplied cuts off of every album in their catalog and still managed to fit in a few covers, such as the Commodores’ “Easy” and the Bee Gees’ “I Started a Joke,” which ended the night...
**1 pm ET: San Francisco OperapresentsDonizetti’sRoberto Devereux. Donizetti’s opera is led by Sondra Radvanovsky in her final engagement as Elisabetta, Queen of England, before retiring the role from her repertoire. As Roberto Devereux and Sara, the Duchess of Nottingham are Russell Thomas...
“Golden Age of English Lute Music”. Over the course of human history, there have been moments when an extraordinary number of exceptional artists were all practicing the same discipline in the same time and place. From 1580 to 1620 in England, it was Lute music that enjoyed such artistic ...