Broad Oak Magazine

La Dichosa Bar, Calle Obispo, Habana , Cuba - authentic Cuban Music. "Los 5 del Son are a musical Sextet, although the number of musici...

On social and historical issues, we are over-fictioned. Our love of narrative means the needle of truth gets buried in a haystack of stories...

The latest outrage, fully justified, is at the editing or Bowdlerising of Roald Dahl's children's stories to suit current prejudices...

It is over four months since I last had a piece up on Broad Oak Magazine, and looking back I am very fortunate to have had the opportunity t...

 Another fine jazz/blues/boogie piano player (new to me) is Martha Davis. When it comes to 'boogie woogie' piano the names of Meade ...

The fruit loaf called by the Welsh 'bara brith' means 'speckled bread' in their tongue. This reminded me of the word ' B...

 Humphrey Lyttelton (1921 - 2008) was a trumpeter, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer who was the leading force in English jazz for more ...