Fiona Hook

Nov 13, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Fiona Hook |Michelle Langley |Sean Ulm |Jo McDonald

AbstractTubular segments of Scaphopoda (tusk shell) were traditionally used by Aboriginal peoples in the manufacture of ornate bead necklaces across northwest Australia. Twenty-seven scaphopod shell beads were recovered from Boodie Cave on Barrow Island dating to between 13,500 and 10,600 cal BP.

Dec 20, 2023 | gramophone.co.uk | Fiona Hook

Ariodante and Ginevra | Photo: Agathe Poupeney | OnPDirector Robert Carsen has form with Handel. From 2011’s often-revived Rinaldo for Glyndebourne, and Paris’s Alcina, to Semele in Zurich, he can be relied upon for an unpredictable and engaging reading, and so it was here.