Jun 18

Picture of the Day: Emeli Sandé performance at the Olympic Torch Relay

Picture of the Day: Lebrecht photographer Pauline Keightley captured Scottish R & B and soul songwriter Emeli Sandé‘s performance at George Square during the Olympic Torch Relay celebrations on the 8th of June 2012.

Check out more images from this show on the Lebrecht website at www.lebrecht.co.uk


Number one UK artist Emeli Sandé performing at George Square.
© P.Keightley/Lebrecht

Jun 01

June Anniversaries for great writers and literary figures

Jean-Jaques Rousseau - 28 June

300th anniversary of the birth of influential Swiss-French philosopher, whose political philosophy inspired the French Revolution.

© Lebrecht Authors

 

JM Barrie – 19 June

75th anniversary of the death of Scottish dramatist and novelist who created ‘Peter Pan’. This was the result of his meeting the Llewelyn Davies family whose five sons inspired him in writing about a baby boy who had magical adventures in Kensington Gardens.

© Lebrecht Music & Arts

Oct 05

Obituary pictures for Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician and founding member of band Pentagon, 3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011

For more images of Bert Jansch, search under his name on www.lebrecht.co.uk