Mahlerman on Carl Nielsen, a composer of music 'permeated by a sense of quiet happiness'... It was inevitable I suppose, that the two greatest Nordic composers, exact contemporaries, should be linked together, but the truth is that Jean Sibelius and Carl August Nielsen had very little in common. The rugged, spirit-haunted ... Read More...

The above photo shows Lord Uxbridge recovering from the shock of losing his leg - a leg which later went on to become a celebrity in its own right. And so begins another strange Wikipedia article... Lord Uxbridge's leg was shattered by a cannon shot at the Battle of Waterloo and ... Read More...