January 18, 2025 • NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.

When Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) crossed the finish line of the tenth edition of the Vendée Globe this Thursday evening to take third place it was a moment of huge emotion. It marked the ...

For the 2nd concert of their Barbican stopover, Gustavo Dudamel and his orchestra are remembering home as the vibrant Latino vibes of Riccardo Lorenz and Gonzalo Grau encounter fate-full Tchaikovsky.

The orchestra is renowned for its full-blooded performances, yet yesterday evening it felt that the stakes were higher than usual for the ensemble that first captured the imagination of British ...

Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op ...

Gustavo Dudamel returns to the hall at the head of his ‘other’ orchestra: the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. There’s just one work, but Mahler’s mighty Symphony No 3 is a stand-alone masterpiece.

The longest and perhaps most ambitious of Mahler’s symphonies, the premiere of the composer's third symphony received a 15-minute ovation during which Mahler was called to return to the ...

Australian journalist and television presenter Simon Townsend has died aged 79. His family confirmed the news, saying Townsend had a short battle with an aggressive cancer. He was best known as ...

Simon Cowell has expressed that he is "devasted" by the impact of the LA wildfires currently roaring through more than 25,000 acres of Los Angeles County as the death toll reaches 24. The ...

Below is a table showing 4 days of historical exchange rates data for the year of 2021, covering the Venezuelan bolivar (VEF) to Nicaragua Cordoba (NIO) conversion. Converting Venezuelan bolivar ...

A significant musical and cultural reset was underway in the mid-1960s, ushered in by the likes of Bob Dylan, the Byrds, and duo Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited marked ...

The government had already shut down the activities of the Canadian arm of Save the Children in August 2024. It also expelled three bishops, including the head of Nicaragua’s bishops’ conference, last ...