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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Oliver Craske retweeted
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-…
Oliver Craske retweeted
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?
Oliver Craske retweeted
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
Oliver Craske retweeted
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]
Oliver Craske retweeted
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.
Register below.
Oliver Craske retweeted
#Upcoming event at IIC
Frontiers of History/Music Appreciation Promotion
Ravi Shankar: The Indian Sun who Rose in the East
Illustrated lecture by Oliver Craske, author of Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar
#Programme #Delhi #IICDelhi #Talk
Oliver Craske retweeted
Anuradha's big revelation is the strong probability that the building was at least partially designed by the great Henry Holland, architect for the EIC and the man behind Carlton House and the rebuilding of the East India Company headquarters in Leadenhall St.
Oliver Craske retweeted
One of the wonderful outcomes of the project has been the clarification of the history of the Residency building and a fabulous new book by Anuradha S. Naik which outline in great detail the Residency's architectural history.
Oliver Craske retweeted
Heard of Ravi Shankar?
He is my choice for @BBCRadio4 R4 Great Lives 4.30pm with host Matthew Parris & biographer @ocraske.
Fitting for #SouthAsianHeritageMonth and day after 75th anniversary of Indian Independence.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001b41…
Daily Mail's radio "Pick of The Day"
Oliver Craske retweeted
Excited to listen to Ravi Shankar's Sitar Concerto. He is my choice for BBC R4 Great Lives programme with his biographer @ocraske joining too. Airs Tues 16 Aug 4.30pm, which is during #SouthAsianHeritageMonth too @SAHM_UK.
Oliver Craske retweeted
I'm recording @BBCRadio4 biography series #GreatLives hosted by ex MP & @thetimes writer @MatthewParris3.
Guests, like me, nominate a person they feel is truly deserving of title "Great Life".
What do you know of my choice Ravi Shankar? I'll be joined by biographer @ocraske.
Oliver Craske retweeted
Over last 18 months @holland_tom & Authors have raised funds for 3 excellent charities (@18_keys, @PassageCharity & @AMARLondon). Final event of Tom's benefit 'year' is on Monday. Please support if you can by donating or bidding in auction @RathbonesGroup givergy.uk/tomholland/?contr…
Oliver Craske retweeted
102nd Birth Anniversary of the ‘Indian Sun’—the one & only! Proud to be his disciple all my life. My father on Tanpura in the 1956 concert he organised. @ShankarAnoushka @ocraske @MinOfCultureGoI @sangeetnatak @iccr_hq
Oliver Craske retweeted
Love this letter from #GeorgeHarrison to #RaviShankar written in 1966 "I realise the only thing I can do for you is to try and learn as much as possible which I will do my best to do." Part of the Indian Sun exhibition for #RaviShankar100 @southbankcentre @ocraske
Oliver Craske retweeted
Our Archive Studio @southbankcentre is packed with objects that Ravi Shankar's biographer @ocraske has curated to highlight key moments from his extraordinary life. Indian Sun: Highlights from the Ravi Shankar Archive is free to visit. #Shankar100 bit.ly/3KgPKxZ
ALT The clothes Ravi Shankar wore during his final performance in 2012 on display at Southbank Centre,
ALT Ravi Shankar, Peter Sellars and George Harrison disembarking from a plane.
ALT The box that Ravi Shankar took on stage with him for his final performance in 2012
ALT Signed Ravi Shankar sheet music on display at Southbank Centre
Oliver Craske retweeted
To those British politicians who want to cut the BBC and question its future: new figures show the audience for the BBC’s Russian language news website more than tripled its year-to-date weekly average, with a record reach of 10.7m people in the last week (compared to 3.1m).
