Lois Elsden
WRITER
Elegant Bristol… and its other side
Walking from Temple Meads, that magnificent palace of a railway station built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel I saw this beautiful building. Isn’t it graceful, isn’t it well proportioned? I have no idea what it was in a former life but I guess the large gated entrance on the right was the way horse-drawn vehicles entered, probably into […]
MorePearl fishers again
Here is an interesting recording of this wonderful duet from Bizet’s Pearl Fishers, sung in English by Richard Tucker and Robert Weede. I have to confess I’d never heard of either of them, but I’m going to be on the lookout now!
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