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Fiona Sampson was born in London in 1968. After a brief career as a concert violinist, she studied at Oxford University, where she won the Newdigate Prize. She has a PhD in the philosophy of language from Nijmegen University. Her
Mike Rendell spent thirty years as a lawyer in Bristol before retiring to Spain a decade ago. He has used his time to research a huge collection of papers from the 18th Century. These included everything from diaries to inventories
Professor David Daniell (St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, 1949) read English and then Theology, followed by a post-graduate year in Tübingen. His PhD, from the University of London was on Shakespeare. After twelve years as a Sixth Form Master at Apsley
1st Prize winners of the Val Tidone International Chamber Music Competition, the Jubilee Quartet were formed in 2006 at the Royal Academy of Music, London. They were prize winners in the Royal Academy of Music Quartet Competition, and won the Sir John
David Matthews is an English composer of mainly orchestral, chamber, vocal and piano works. Born in London in 1943, David Matthew's desire to compose did not manifest itself until he was sixteen, and for a time he and his younger
Professor Hall is Visiting Gresham Professor in Classics. She is a British scholar of classics, specialising in Ancient Greek Literature and cultural history. She is also Professor in the Department of Classics and Centre for Hellenic Studies at Kings College London.