Charon
In the fifth century bc one of the most memorable of all Hades’ inhabitants is first mentioned: Charon, the ferryman who punts dead souls across the Acheron. Again, local …
HANDEL MUSEUM
HANDEL MUSEUM The large middle-class house at the sign of the Yellow Stag’ in Halle, behind the Liebfrauenkirche, close to where George Frideric Handel was born on 23 February …
Silver Falls Hiking Trail Map
Oh, you re here! That’s Great Wood and that’s Bignor Farm! Crossing the road, within minutes I was back in secret woods I pretended no-one else knew about. Sometimes …
Odysseus in Limbo
The daughter of Atlas, Calypso (‘Concealer’) spent her days weaving at her loom, singing in her cave surrounded by: alders and poplars and sweet-scented cypress, the nesting-place of long-winged …
NENOV MUSEUM
NENOV MUSEUM Razgrad, in north-eastern Bulgaria, close to the border with Romania, is the birthplace of the pianist and composer Dimiter Nenov (1902-53). The house, in a quiet, tree-lined …
MOZART MUSEUM
MOZART MUSEUM The commemoration of Mozart, very much a family affair, provides a true reflection of his predominant image over the last two centuries as a prodigiously gifted youngster. …
Calydon in History & Today
Despite being the setting of a well-known myth, little is known of Calydon until the time of its abandonment. Signs of occupation from the eleventh century bc suggest that …
DVORAK MUSEUM
DVORAK MUSEUM Four museums and memorial sites in or close to Prague celebrate the life and music of the Czechs’ most loved composer, Antonin Dvorak. Visitors to Prague music …