How Shostakovich Changed My Mind by Stephen Johnson

BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson explores the power of Shostakovich’s music during Stalin’s reign of terror, and writes of the healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness. He reflects on his own experience, where Shostakovich’s music helped him survive the trials of bipolar disorder. ‘Quite simply an essential document’ – Tom Service,

Music Matters

Found and Lost: Mittens, Miep and Shovelfuls of Dirt by Alison Leslie Gold

A memoir from the holocaust writer Alison Leslie Gold, told through a series of letters. The letters tell of her early activism;

descent into addiction; her fateful meeting with Miep Gies (the woman who sheltered the Anne Frank family), and her subsequent recovery. ‘Compelling’ – Times Literary Supplement

What Time Is It? by John Berger & Selçuk Demirel A playful meditation on the illusory nature of time by the visionary thinker John Berger and Turkish artist Selçuk Demirel. In this beautiful illustrated essay, Berger posits the idea that by experiencing the extraordinary, we can defy time itself.

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