#175 years

A. Lange & Söhne – 175 years of precision watchmaking in Saxony

The “Homage to F. A. Lange” 2020 anniversary editions from left to right: A. Lange & Söhne 1815 THIN HONEYGOLD, A. Lange & Söhne 1815 RATTRAPANTE HONEYGOLD and A. Lange & Söhne TOURBOGRAPH PERPETUAL HONEYGOLD

At the Watches & Wonders event in Shanghai in 2020, A. Lange & Söhneis presenting three extraordinary models of the 1815 watch family with the epithet “Homage to F. A. Lange”. The three…

One City, One Future (07-12-09)

’A Christmas Carol’ Endures After 175 Years #CharlesDickens #AChristmasCarol175

‘Marley was dead; to begin with.’ Hardly an auspicious beginning to any story. So opens Charles Dickens’ immortal tale of the meaning of Christmas spirit and its ability to redeem us.

When Charles Dickens penned A Christmas Carol in 1843 he had already had two great successes with Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby but was living down the burden of a sudden failure with Martin Chuzzlewit; a book…

The ‘New’ Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

On Sunday David and I went to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic to hear a recital of Rachmaninov’s 3rd Piano Concerto, performed by Nobuyuki Tsujii, and conducted by Vasily Petrenko.

By Mark McNulty

  The hall has just had a major facelift. It has been some 20 years since the last overhaul and everything looks fresh and newly painted. The reception is of an aquatic blue and the auditorium painted…