Fred Vargas

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/18/italy.france

Alastair Roberts

http://www.alasdairroberts.com/news/

Neptune One Year On

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jul/10/neptune-orbit-anniversary-astronomy

20th Century Piano Music

Stayed up later than I should have tonight searching youtube for pieces of 20th century piano music I like

Debussy...

http://youtu.be/MswHKA4dako

Poulenc (my favourite piano duet after Percy Grainger's Country Gardens)...

http://youtu.be/p3cDpS1ehKs

Charles Ives...
http://youtu.be/gXHjeSamzno

Messiaen (he could make a piano sound like a bird - almost)...

http://youtu.be/JE4vSviuoSw

Shostakovich...

http://youtu.be/IqSwbzmgyGY


Cage (a great draughtsman, too)...

http://youtu.be/8fPSz-o4zzY

Schoenberg... Mitsuko Uchina talking about playing his piano concerto.  It's challenging music to listen to, but you don't have to be a fan to be inspired by her drive and passion for the music. I'd like to think her video could recruit new listeners...

http://youtu.be/PmWRttCo7lo

Stockhausen...

http://youtu.be/RhsvKEjxy7c

Percy Grainger...

http://youtu.be/T8cBGRiQwlU

Milva & Piazzolla

http://youtu.be/lzC1kKZGxBg

Astor Piazzola

http://youtu.be/0adwx5hDcVs

Mahler Symphony No 2

http://youtu.be/sHsFIv8VA7w