Rather late in the Christmas season, I have caught up with Tim Abraham’s very nice and generous recommendation of my Vanbrugh book in a pre-Christmas post on Engelsberg Ideas (I also enjoyed Dirty Old River).

I am a third of the way through Robin Holloway’s unbelievably magisterial Music’s Odyssey: An Invitation to Western Classical Music, if you want some New Year’s reading:-

Books of the Year 2025 – Engelsberg ideas https://share.google/bG4gBHH2UsMsd2XsL