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Santa’s scary helpers: Krampus procession in Austria
From the ceremonious to the cerebral, the wonderful to the weird, the historical to the hysterical, let’s explore the world of traditions through all spheres and societies, from religion to culture, relationships and death, and of course, Christmas
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Benvenuti in La Taverna Cantata!
This week, it’s the full Italian job! And there’s far more to it than exploding cars – a whole queue of hooting horns, gesticulation and finest food and wine in musical form, all picked by excellente playlister philipphilip99 from a fleet of nominations
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Mona Lisa: the unseen portrait
From Ancient Rome to the Renaissance, sacred, classical, baroque or romantic, or anything from the pop era and beyond, this week let’s try to capture this country of contradictions referring to anything in culture, history, landmarks or more
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Let’s build something special …
Let’s take a spin on for what might seem a creepy subject, but the more you look into it, the more fascinating and beautiful it becomes. Deadly? Sometimes, but also intricate, amazing, reflecting fear, attraction and more in human nature
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Dinner at Jack Rabbit Slims. Care to dance?
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, elevenses, afternoon tea or midnight snacks? This week it's time to serve up a musical smorgasbord that's as much about the social setting and time of day as the food
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Arrival of aliens. The human bit? That's where we might have a problem, Houston.
Don't take this the wrong way. Historic shambles to the pitfalls of predictive text, friends falling out to argumentative relationships, this week it's all about songs where language and more is a barrier
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