A Catholic priest related to two 1981 hunger strikers and involved in talks to end the fast has been described as a “tremendous man” following his death. Fr Oliver Crilly, who was in his 80s, died on ...

This is a concert of ambition and courage by organist and improviser Wayne Marshall, says SIMON DUFF ...

Actress Parker Posey is considering selling her rustic farmhouse in New York’s Hudson Valley and returning to Los Angeles due to ballooning renovation costs. HBO “I don’t know if I should ...

David Teniers the Younger A Pastoral Landscape With a Herdsman Playing a Pipe near a Waterfall 138.9 x 117.6 cm. (54.7 x 46.3 in.) close Medium Oil on canvas Size 138.9 x 117.6 cm. (54.7 x 46.3 in.) ...

Jean François Clermont A pastoral scene with a shepherd playing a pipe to a young mother, her children and a sleeping boy 31.2 x 23.1 cm. (12.3 x 9.1 in.) Medium black chalk Size 31.2 x 23.1 cm. (12.3 ...

St. Mary’s Church in Pune Cantonment, one of the city’s oldest and most prominent Christian landmarks, will mark its 200th anniversary on Wednesday with a thanksgiving service at 5.30pm, followed by ...

When I arrived at 11am, the weather gods were true to their word on both fronts – and 12,000 odd truck fans had their middle fingers pointed at the sky as they walked around (mostly without umbrellas) ...

Tucked away in the heart of Lancaster County sits Lititz, Pennsylvania – a town so charming it feels like it was designed by ...

Driller killer dentist Colin Howell wants to set up an evangelical church inside Northern Ireland’s high security jail where he can be spiritual leader for ‘lost souls’ living and working there.

Not that the art of “Pastoral” isn’t sufficiently wonderful. At the end, the dancers take a green sheet that has been lying on the stage lip like a Christmas tree skirt and drag it to center.

In “Pastoral,” one such step is the grapevine, a crisscross sideways hop that nods, she said, to the folk dance passage in Beethoven’s sprightly second movement.