Writer & editor. Author of Indian Sun: The Life & Music of Ravi Shankar, now in pbk. Freelance project manager of books on the arts. @FaberBooks @DGALitAgents
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Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar was published by @FaberBooks 1 year ago today amidst the dystopian horrors of the 1st lockdown. But it was still one of the proudest days of my life. The paperback is coming on June 3. Hopefully bookshops will be open this time #OTD
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Unbelievably the British Home Office has denied visas to the 47 young afghan musicians due to fly tomorrow from Portugal for their 4 city Breaking the Silence tour to raise awareness of the plight of Afghan women and girls thetimes.co.uk/article/each-…
Looking forward to this fab trio playing tonight at the beautiful St Luke's - tickets still available: lso.co.uk/whats-on/autumn-ba…
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Remarkable to hear Braverman say multiculturalism has failed. She's a British Home Secretary descended from Goan Indians from Mauritius and Kenya, married to a Jewish husband, in a government headed by Britain's first Hindu PM. What would successful multiculturalism look like?
My 1st @AuthorsCC 5-for and I think my 1st @RathbonesGroup moment! Thanks to @CCampbell_Agent who gave me the extra over then pouched the catch at gully.
Authors win last game of season by 7 wickets against Chelsea Arts Club at Stonor Park. Sensational keeping by @williamfiennes & great batting by @ChefKoj but @RathbonesGroup moment goes to @ocraske who took his fifth wicket with last ball of his spell.
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Cricket the winner as the Baldwins lose a close game to @PrestonNomads in beautiful Fulking. A @nicholas_hogg 50 and sharp death bowling from @NathHardingLee wasn't quite enough to carry the @ocraske-captained XI to victory.
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Terrible news from @TheWICK1863, a brilliant, grass roots cricket club. Was stood on their balcony watching the sun go down after our game this year - absolutely shocking that is gone. If you can help at all and spread the word, please do
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Hi @benstokes38 - we would really appreciate it if you could retweet our plea for help after our pavilion was destroyed on Wednesday in a suspected arson attack. Any help massively appreciated! tinyurl.com/The-Wick
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Thrilled to be published in @Soc_of_Authors's magazine on the joys of playing cricket with @AuthorsCC. If you've been published & would like to play for us, do get in touch. [email protected]
Talking music biography with the wonderful Nasreen Munni Kabir and @SanjoyRoyTWA yesterday at @britishlibrary. Thanks to @JLFLitfest and the audience for some good questions!
My most recent piece for @SonglinesMag - a profile of the wonderful @Singer_kaushiki (with all-important name-check for David Gower)
What's it like to write about Lata Mangeshkar, Ravi Shankar or Zakir Hussain? This Sunday 11th at 12.30pm I'm discussing music biography with Nasreen Munni Kabir and @SanjoyRoyTWA at @JLFLitfest London @britishlibrary. Full line-up & festival passes here: bl.uk/events/jlf-jaipur-lite…
Here again is my review for @SonglinesMag of Orpheus, which has just won Outstanding Achievement in Opera at the @CCMusicUK 2022 Awards for @jasdeepdegun, Laurence Cummings & @Opera_North: songlines.co.uk/live-reviews…
Huge congratulations to @jasdeepdegun, Laurence Cummings and @Opera_North - Orpheus was a bold and beautiful piece of work
Wow!! Our production of Orpheus has been awarded the ‘Outstanding Achievement in Opera’ Award at the @CCMusicUK Awards for 2022!!
It’s crazy to see the fruition of all of those months and months of hard work, sleepless nights, and sheer determination receive such recognition!
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Join us for Fire, the last in our #EarthConvention Four Elements series with @5x15stories at 6pm on Monday 17 April. Our panellists will be @DavenportJuliet @ProfBillMcGuire @MelissaSterry and @WanderingGaia.
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I’m giving this talk next Wednesday in London - all welcome. The photo shows Alice Boner with Uday Shankar on the left and a 9-year-old Ravi Shankar in the middle. Shortly afterwards Alice and Ravi took a ride on the elephant…
Join us for the next Indian Art Circle lecture series, ‘Patron of the Shankar’s: Alice Boner and the Uday Shankar Indian Dance Troup in the 1930s,' delivered by Oliver Craske (@ocraske), author of ‘Indian Sun: The Life & Music of Ravi Shankar.’
22nd March, 19:00. Senate House.
My last night in India was fortuitously spent at Delhi launch of 3rd Ed of @Ram_Guha’s India After Gandhi, published by @PanMacIndia on 75th anniv of Gandhi’s murder. Riveting conversation w/@tajmahalfoxtrot. The book is a phenomenon, the definitive history of modern India.
