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The Wallabies—Highland Tails
An Essay and reflection in poetry on the reintroduction of wild animals into the Highlands
The Sea Eagle—Highland Tails
An Essay and reflection in poetry on the reintroduction of wild animals into the Highlands
The Reindeer—Highland Tails
An Essay and reflection in poetry on the reintroduction of wild animals into the Highlands
The Flat-Pack Cello—Five Cellos: Lost and Found
Kate Kennedy reflects on a reimagined cello whose story is yet to begin.
The Shipwrecked Cello—Five Cellos: Lost and Found
The unlikely story of the reconstruction of the 'Mara' Stradivarius.
The Auschwitz Cello—Five Cellos: Lost and Found
How the cellist of Auschwitz, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch's life was saved by her cello.
The Bee Cello—Five Cellos: Lost and Found
The story of an abandoned cello that a physicist has filled with 400,000 bees.
The Soul of Music—Five Cellos: Lost and Found
Kate Kennedy reflects on her quest to find Pal Hermann's cello, and his soul.
Frida Kahlo's Broken Column—The Little Secrets of Great Works
Art historian Katy Hessel on the symbolism of the spine in Frida Kahlo's Broken Column.
Field of Dreams—The Little Secrets of Great Works
Writer Sarfraz Manzoor discusses one moment in the Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams.