Christabel Pankhurst, a leading Suffragette, was one of the primary strategists of the campaign for women’s right to vote in the first decades of the twentieth century. Christabel was jailed in 1907 and 1909 and was dubbed the ‘Queen of the Mob’ by the media, as described in this contemporary press release. Miss Christabel Pankhurst... Read more »

LONDON: April 15, 2026 — The Music Is Black: A British Story is the landmark inaugural exhibition at the new V&A East Museum in Stratford, scheduled to open on Saturday, April 18, 2026. Curated by Jacqueline Springer, this multi-sensory exhibition traces 125 years of Black British music, exploring its evolution from early 20th-century origins and... Read more »

The time the world’s first record producer nearly burned down the Vatican and ended up changing music history. It was quite the trip ‘FEE EXORBITANT FORBID YOU TO RECORD’ screamed the telegram from head office. No nuance, no shades of grey there. This was as unequivocal as it got. The recipient, Fred Gaisberg, had always... Read more »