CULTURE EDITION
Local literature Ready-to-read novels by a pair of Cambridge’s top authors Magical Cambridge collection
MENNA VAN PRAAG
Menna van Praag’s Magical Cambridge collection of novels are love letters to the cobbled streets,
colleges, cafes and bookshops of the city. An enchanting blend of everyday whimsy, the love stories of very human characters and a splash of magic, five of Menna’s magical realism novels have now been reissued by publishers Allison & Busby with joyful new cover art.
Launched last month at Heffers Bookshop, Conor Farrington’s new novel stems from a lifelong fascination with the Faust legend. Sources like Goethe’s The Maiden Faust CONOR FARRINGTON
There’s still time to catch some live music at Stapleford Granary’s Courtyard Concerts for summer, which began last month. July’s line-up includes the Misha Mullov-Abbado Group on 4 July, coming back after a sellout performance in the courtyard in 2023. Led by jazz bassist and BBC New Generation artist Misha Mullov-Abbado and featuring some of the finest multi-award- winning musicians in London, expect original compositions within a broad spectrum of classical, jazz and pop influences, as well as folk traditions from around the world. Then, on 11 July, renowned jazz vocalist and BBC Radio presenter Claire Martin OBE is joined by pianist Rob Barron and bassist Jeremy Brown for a celebration of some of the 20th century’s greatest jazz vocalists. The trio will perform stylish reworkings of Great American Songbook classics by Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Shirley Horn and more. COURTYARD CONCERT SERIES CONTINUES FOR JULY
Faust and Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus fed into his idea for a female-led retelling set in an alternative Victorian world in which alchemy rather than science holds sway – Cambridge’s historic buildings forming the perfect dark academia setting. Released by Cambridge-based Galileo Publishers.
Find tickets at staplefordgranary.org.uk
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