After setting pen to manuscript in early 1936, it took Sergei Prokofiev just four days to write Peter And The Wolf. Four days, but he threw into the water a stone whose ripples are still being felt: commissioned by Natalya Sats, the pioneering director of Moscow's Central Children's Theatre, the work had its premiere on May 2 1936, and barely a year has passed since without it being performed or recorded by someone, somewhere. Nearly 80 years on, Booker-nominated author James Robertson and Wick-born pianist and composer James Ross are hoping to make an equal splash with their own take on the Russian's classic work. They've combined to create The Boy And The Bunnet, written in Scots and aiming to do for Scotland's traditional music and instruments what Prokofiev's piece did for the orche...
TENSIONS in Europe took on a literary flavour yesterday as the French snatched a tiny but historically priceless Charlotte Bronte manuscript from under the nose of a British museum. The unpublished work, written in 1830 when she was just 14 and containing a story which is a precursor to a famous passage in her novel Jane Eyre, was bought for a record Pounds 690,850 by La Musee des Lettres et Manuscrits in Paris at auction.
THERE are many precious objects cherished as jewels of Welsh civilisation from the prehistoric beads found on Llandudno's Great Orme to the parchment inscribed with the laws of Hywel Dda. There are the items of antiquity that reflect a distinctively Cymric culture. We're particularly good at furniture - from the oldest Welsh dresser dating from the mid-17th century, to Hedd Wyn's Eisteddfod chair.
She said: "Original Jane Austen-related artefacts would always go for a lot of money. There has been a recent surge in popularity and there is so much interest in her life and work. There aren't many artefacts from her life, so these kind of pieces give us a real insight into how she worked.
Jenny Gypaki, exhibition assistant at Edinburgh University Library, holds one of a collection of eight 16th century manuscripts brought together for the first time. The works by Catholic monk turned Presbyterian minister Thomas Wode are to go on display to the public next month.
Jenny Gypaki, exhibition assistant at Edinburgh University Library, holds one of a collection of eight 16th century manuscripts brought together for the first time. The works by Catholic monk turned Presbyterian minister Thomas Wode are to go on display to the public next month.
She is one of the most celebrated writers in history but few of Jane Austen's original manuscripts have survived the past two centuries. Now her earliest surviving script has been sold at auction for almost Pounds 1 million, despite the fact it was incomplete and not published in her lifetime.
Only a few weeks ago, an old friend of the late Stieg Larsson, the author of the bestselling Millennium trilogy, revealed to the world the exact nature of the author's last, unpublished book. For months, there had been rumours regarding the very existence of the novel, the fourth book featuring the compelling double act of fearless investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the multitattooed, bisexual cybergoth Lisbeth Salander. The news that the unfinished novel is set in the remote Canadian outback of Sachs Harbour sent a wave of excitement through the entertainment industry. After all, with global sales of his books standing at somewhere between 35 million and 40 million copies, anything bearing Larsson's name is almost guaranteed to be publishing and box-office gold. At the end o...
An unpublished Charlotte Bronte manuscript is expected to sell for between pound(s)200,000 and pound(s)300,000 at auction next month. The Young Men's Magazine, Number 2, was written when Charlotte was 14, and is set in Glass Town, the earliest fictional world created by the Brontes.
ONE of the Midlands' historical gems is attracting huge interest after the worldwide publicity surrounding the Staffordshire Hoard. A 1,300-year-old Gospel manuscript, held at Lichfield Cathedral, is hitting the headlines as it has captured the imagination of historians, film-makers and the public.
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