Category: Anniversaries

Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors Holocaust Memorial Day takes place every year on 27th January. The day marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. The Holocaust, known as the Shoah in Hebrew, was a systemic, state-sponsored attempt at a mass genocide of all Jews … Continue reading “Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January)”

Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors   Jacqueline du Pré, born in Oxford in England in 1945, was a cellist who is considered as one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century. Du Pré was a young talent, having started the cello at age five and then winning Britain’s most … Continue reading “80th anniversary of the birth of Jacqueline du Pré (26 January)”

Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors George Orwell was a British journalist and author born in 1903 in eastern India. Born originally as Eric Arthur Blair, Orwell is famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949). He grew up in as the son of a minor British official … Continue reading “75th anniversary of the death of George Orwell 21 January”

Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States of America and takes place on the third Monday of January every year. This day honours the achievements of Martin Luther King Jr., who led significant campaigns to end legal racial segregation … Continue reading “Martin Luther King Jr. Day 20 January”

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming from the late Baroque era. His greatest successes were: La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904) and Turandot (left … Continue reading “Giacomo Puccini – centenary”

Quentin Crisp (1908-1999) [born Denis Charles Pratt] was an English raconteur, whose work in the public eye included a memoir of his life and various media appearances. Before becoming well known, he was an artist’s model, hence the title of his most famous work, ‘The Naked Civil Servant’. He afterwards became a gay icon due … Continue reading “25th anniversary of the death of Quentin Crisp”

Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors 4 November 2024 marks the centenary of death of the French composer Gabriel Fauré. He was renowned for his refined and gentle pieces which have influenced the course of modern French music. As one of the most influential French composers, he linked the end of Romanticism … Continue reading “100th anniversary of the death of Gabriel Fauré”

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. Sadly her father, an ironmonger with his own business in Deansgate, died when Frances was four years old and while her mother was pregnant with her fifth child. From her grandmother, who bought her books, Frances learned to love reading, in particular her first book, The … Continue reading “Frances Hodgson Burnett – centenary”